[H-GEN] Need support to change constitution

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> writes:

> Raymond Smith <raymonds at uq.net.au> wrote:
> : 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).
> : 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.

Agreed.  How on earth does it prevent stacking, and what use would it
serve since we tried to let people place proxies by fax this time
around, and virtually no-one did?

> I would thus really want to see the 3 month rule remain.

I think Ray's point about the irrelevance of branch stacking in HUMBUG
is a good one, but I'm reluctant to see the 3-month rule disappear,
since I think anyone voting at the AGM should have been part of the
group for some time so they can understand the nature of what they're
voting *for*.  Knowing your voters are informed is hard enough without
removing the pretty basic protections we have now.

jason
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