Hi Dan,
> I think the changes are very good. The only things I can see
are a) the language in
> the section about tie splitting is written quite broadly
when you are actually only
> referring to election to the board: maybe something like
'in the event of a tie among
> candidates for election to a vacancy on the board, the
succesful candidate will be
> decided by a simple majority of continuing members of
the board.'
I held off answering for a bit partly because I was on
holiday and partly to see if the community had any thoughts on
this. That rephrasing probably does make it clearer. We'll
consider modifying it inline with this before putting it to the
community for a vote.
> And b) personally, and speaking as a Canadian, I find a
simple majority to be a pretty
> low bar for proposing amendments to the bylaws--surely
nobody would want to
> proceed with a proposal that had a 5/3 split. Personally
I'd recommend 6 out of 8 to
> indicate that bylaw changes should be well considered
and very consensus oriented.
And that is precisely the reason that we set the majority
needed for the community vote to be two-thirds of recorded
votes. If there is a 5/3 split on whether the proposals are a
good idea, taking it to the community for an RFC seems a fairly
good step. (i.e. try to get feedback from the community as to
whether this or that is the right thing to do.)
> I don't think it is likely to be a huge deal in practice of
course. And notwithstanding
> these suggestions, I think these are great proposals
from a group that has been
> doing great work.
Thanks!
James Cummings
Director of Digital Medievalist
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