[H-GEN] Need support to change constitution

[Robert Brockway]

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Raymond Smith <raymonds at uq.net.au> wrote:
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: On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Grant, Luke wrote:
:> 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.

: Sounds interesting. I would certainly accept this extra complexity for a
: much lower quorum and (possibly) drop the 3 month rule (because we could
: have nominations in advance instead).

I like the idea also but I don't see it as a protection against stacking
so much as a convenience.

I would thus really want to see the 3 month rule remain.  Afaik it hasn't
really bothered anyone in the 5 years it has been around so I see no
reason to remove it.
Rob

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