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On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 15:06 +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: |
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> William, while I failed to join the discussion in the last 2 meetings |
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> and haven't been able to check what was approved, I'm also interested in |
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> this point. So Chrissy is not alone in this. |
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Ok, so we are up to two now. Have we neared or crested 1% ? We cannot |
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allow such a small percentage to hold things back. Put another way, |
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there are more trustees voting and saying go forward. Than those |
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contesting it. So outweighed right there. |
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> I also note that for the few months I followed the discussion on the nfp |
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> list about the bylaws, I only remember a mention to this around the |
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> council election time and I wasn't aware that it had in fact been enacted. |
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Drafts of the bylaws have been available for weeks. |
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> My personal opinion is that making this a rule is wrong and can prove to |
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> be counter-productive. I understand the reasons you and others have |
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> raised, but in my view this should be left to the voters - it is (or |
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> should be) their choice in the end. |
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Not everything the trustees do will be put to a vote. There is no |
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infrastructure in place for such voting as is. Much less when there are |
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votes put to the membership base. It will be on more important matters. |
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You casted your votes for the trustees. Thus they are representing you. |
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No need for representation, and then on top of that, representing ones |
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self. Plus votes will be reserved for major things. Like saying joining |
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an umbrella. |
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Not for certain minor sections of bylaws or etc. When there is so much |
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the bylaws fail to address. Addresses in more controversial ways now, |
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etc and so on. Focus on this one section is quite odd. I have yet to see |
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counter arguments of factual reasons as to why it should be reversed, |
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changed, or voted on. So a meritless debate. |
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But let's say we voted. So far there are 2 votes against, and likely ~5 |
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votes for. So whats the point? We know the results already. Just by the |
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number or lack there of, of those interested or commenting ;) |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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