[H-GEN] Support to change Humbug's constitution.

[Benjamin Robert Carlyle]

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Willie Yeo wrote:
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>         Due to a little problem I had with majordomo, I am sending this again.
> 
>         Since Humbug is getting pretty big, and getting quorums at the meeting is
> more difficult, we require a better way for the Executive to get consent of
> the members to run the club more effectively and efficiently.
> 
>         I am intending to submit to the Secretary of Humbug, to call for an
> Special General Meeting to move a motion to amend the current Humbug
> Constitution for the following :
> 
>  From :
> ==========
> General Meetings
> 11. A quorum of one third of the Financial Membership of the Club is
> required for a Special General Meeting.

How about just making a seperation between members who are
members simply to use club services and those who are
interested in having a say in the running of HUMBUG?  This
would still require constitutional change, but I think is a
more elegant hack.  This would give members the choice on the
membership application form to commit to attending the SGMs
throughout the year.  Members who do not choose to make this
commitment may be regarded as inactive members who do not
count in the quorum.

It seems more reasonable to divide the member population
according to this factor 
rather than estimating the ratio and writing that estimate
into the constitution:

General Meetings
11. A quorum of one half of the active financial membership of
the club is required for a special general meeting.

Member classes
x. The financial membership is divided into two classes:
active financial and inactive financial.  Active financial
members have made a commitment in writing to the secretary of
the club to attend vote at SGMs by some valid means.

Benjamin

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