Change to email voting procedures

John Bailey rekkanoryo at pidgin.im
Sun Feb 2 08:41:53 EST 2014


On 01/31/2014 12:51 PM, Mark Doliner wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:
>> I move to revise the voting process that we agreed upon in our first
>> board meeting (the paragraph beginning "The board voted that any
>> proposal" at https://imfreedom.org/minutes-20070515.php) to the
>> following:
>>
>> Our voting procedure is as follows:
>> - Votes may be held either at a board meeting or by email.
>> - In either case, the proposal will be considered approved or rejected
>> immediately upon receiving a majority of votes in favor or opposed,
>> respectively.
>> - For votes held at a board meeting, the text of the proposal must be
>> present in the meeting agenda at least 3 days (72 hours) before the
>> meeting begins.
>> - For votes held over email, the text of the proposal must be sent to
>> the board at imfreedom.org mailing list at least 3 days (72 hours) before
>> voting begins.
>> - For votes held at a board meeting, the voting period is opened and
>> closed by the chairperson.
>> - For votes held over email, if an opening time was specified in the
>> proposal then this time is used so long as the time is greater than 3
>> days (72 hours) after the proposal was sent. Otherwise the voting
>> period opens 3 days (72 hours) after the proposal was sent. The voting
>> period closes 7 days (168 hours) after it opens.
>>
>> This voting procedure shall be used when dealing with the expenditure
>> of more than a total of 100 USD (either as a one-time cost, or the sum
>> of recurring expenditures). This voting process may also be used at
>> other times, as deemed necessary.
> 
> Voting for this proposal is now open.
> 
> I vote in favor.

I vote in favor as well.

John

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