[H-GEN] Need support to change constitution

[Grant, Luke]

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one easy way round stacking which was used in another group of which i was a
member
was to alow registered voters/members to submit votes by proxy (ie. posted
votes).
This gave everybody a chance to vote and left no reason for people to
complain....the
only catch was that instead of nominating people on the night we had to get
a tad more 
organised and nominate a month or so in advance.

Luke


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Luke Grant
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Smith [mailto:raymonds at uq.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2000 21:41
> To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Need support to change constitution
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> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Craig ARMOUR wrote:
> > ok... I'm gonna be really picky here.  Statistically... 30 is a good
> > number. 16 is very small and is easily prone to "stacking". 
>  21 is not so
> > but yeah....
> > 
> > 30 or 50%
> 
> IMO 30 people is far too many. We had significantly fewer 
> than this when
> we did our first head count at the AGM this year (we started 
> with around
> 20 something) and it was only with effort and delay that we 
> got quorum.
> 
> I truly do not understand why concerns about 'stacking' 
> translate into a
> need for a large quorum. First and foremost, if you are 
> concerned about
> this then attend the AGM in person or appoint a trusted 
> person proxy in
> your absence. Second, the three month rule protexts us from 
> opportunistic
> 'takeovers'. Third, I have never been presented with 
> verifiable evidence
> of this problem outside of politcal parties. Fourth, as an 
> unincorporated
> association members could take the evil 'stacked' executive 
> to court if
> this was truly a problem (read: disolving HUMBUG, etc). 
> Fifth, what motive
> would potential stackers have anyway?
> 
> Speaking for myself (not the exec) I support Willie's proposal.
> 
> Raymond
> 
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