Dear all,
Following my earlier e-mail, the DM Board now invites all members of the Community to vote on the proposed changes to the Byelaws. As you probably remember, these changes will simply remove 'wiki' from the wording. *Please note that this is not a vote on whether or not the wiki should be continued*, but rather on whether we should be formally locked into the wiki or if we should be free to use whatever technology we think is best. A vote in favour will allow the possibility of changing, whether now or in future; a vote against means that we are required to use a wiki indefinitely.
In order to vote, please visit http://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/dm-byelaws-vote/ and use the embedded form. Full details of the proposed changes are also available on that web page. You will be asked for your e-mail address, but this is only to verify that you are a member of DM and therefore have the right to vote. (If you are subscribed to the DM-L mailing list then you are automatically a member and so you may vote.)
Voting will close at midnight GMT on 11 June 2014. The proposed changes will pass if they receive a two-thirds majority in favour (as per ยง9.4 of the current byelaws). If there are any problems or questions then please don't hesitate to get in touch.
I will also report separately on the broader discussions regarding infrastructure in due course.
Thanks, and best wishes,
Peter (on behalf of the DM Board)
-- Dr Peter Stokes Senior Lecturer Department of Digital Humanities King's College London Room 218, 2nd Floor 26-29 Drury Lane London, WC2B 5RL Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2813 peter.stokes@kcl.ac.uk