Bylaws Revision: VOTING[4]

[Darren O. Benham]

On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 06:06:36PM -0500, Lynn Winebarger wrote:
>    Right, I think a relatively high quorum for something as major as
> adding/removing members of the BOD would be wise.  I guess it all depends
> on what kinds of issues would "normally" be presented for voting on by the
> general membership.  Presumably most voting would take place in the BOD,
> committees (and short-term "task forces" appointed by them for one-time
> events), and only major issues or revocations of these other votes would
> be presented to the membership as a whole (one might call it the
> "committee of the whole" as they do in Congress in the US).  Is that a
> correct perception of how things will be handled?

That's how *I* envision it.  I think that's how Nils expects it to be, too.
In theory, however, any member can put a resolution out for the body to
vote on.. even what color grape juice they prefer... 

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