Bylaws Revision: VOTING[3]
Darren O. Benham
gecko at benham.net
Tue May 18 17:23:55 UTC 1999
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 12:22:52PM -0400, Nils Lohner wrote:
> VOTING
> ------
>
> - all votes (unless otherwise stated) are approved by a majority (>50%)
> - the quorum shall be set by <something> (look at debian constitution for
> this? Suggestions? It should not be too small, but also not be too
> large...)
To combine these... I'd suggest something like this:
For Yes/No/Abstain type votes:
50% of the "registered voters" or >=80% of the actual votes which ever is
smaller.
For Choice type votes: use the STV method (not what Debian uses by
default).
Why the 80% rule? I can see a time when SPI is large enough that not
everybody votes. Debian already sees < 50% voter turn out on some issues
but (so far) everything has been pretty decisive. Every issue would have
been decided under these rules and if it's a situation where 80% of the 20%
that vote can't agree, then more should be done to get a larger body of
voters in volved to decide the issue.
> - removal of board members
> .. this should be relatively difficult... 2/3 majority vote of the board or
> of the membership maybe?
I would say 3/4 the board (ie. every member of the board) and stick with
2/3 for the body.
> - Members and committes may put resolutions before the board of directors
> for voting
I think I like this.. Members as individuals or members as a body (ie. with
voting?)
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