[ALAC] Rules of Procedure - Draft for discussion at 26 March ALAC meeting

Evan Leibovitch evan at telly.org
Tue Mar 26 03:55:38 UTC 2013


That works for me. Thanks!
 On Mar 25, 2013 6:24 PM, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:

>  The "deemed present" means that all ALAC members had an opportunity to
> vote, not that they voted. It ensures that the requirement that all regions
> be represented during the vote is met and that the overall quorum rule
> (more than 50%) is met.
>
> However, you are correct in that today, we must record a "quorums worth of
> vote", that is >50%, for the vote to be considered quorate and we lost that
> when this provision was added. Good catch.
>
> I would suggest (a combination of your options):
>
> 11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time, all
> ALAC Members are deemed to have been present. To be considered a valid
> decision, more than 50% of sitting ALAC members must record a vote
> (including abstain if available).
>
>
> Alan
>
> At 25/03/2013 02:27 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
> Thanks for this work. I
> approve of the changes and believe they do improve
> clarity.
>
> I have one question (and apologize for the tardiness, I haven't really
> been
> contributing much):
>
> *11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time, all
> ALAC
> Members  are deemed to have been present*
>
> I wonder if this may be problematic, in cases where an online vote
> (nominally now done by BigPulse) is held, but does not have many
> participants. If a BigPulse vote is held but does not have at least a
> quorum's worth of votes, does it still count?
>
> I would suggest choosing either of two paths:
>
> either
>
> *  11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time,
> all ALAC
> Members  are deemed to have been present. Members who do not
> participate in
> the vote will be deemed to have abstained.
> *
>
> or
>
> *  11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time,
> at least
> 50% of sitting ALAC members must record a vote in order for the result
> to
> be a valid decision*
>
>
> My preference is for the second choice but I can live with either.
>
> - Evan
>
>



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