[H-GEN] Fwd: Fwd: Planet Humbug - time to retire or fix

[matheist76 at westnet.com.au]

James Purser stated:
> By and large AGMs/SGMs are used to make decisions on constitutional
> changes not the day to day operations of the group.

So what your saying is that motions at the AGM are pointless? If so 
then why have them?

My view is that the motions while not constitutional hold power. They 
can be more easily changed later on at SGM's and AGM's then a 
constitutional motion. 

Maybe someone with better knowledge of the way HUMBUG works might help?

Matt.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Purser" <james at jamespurser.com.au>
To: matheist76 at westnet.com.au
Cc: "general" <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 4:46:05 PM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Fwd:  Planet Humbug - time to retire or fix

Matt,

By and large AGMs/SGMs are used to make decisions on constitutional
changes not the day to day operations of the group. This is why there is
an executive, to make those decisions. If everyday decisions required a
full vote of the membership, nothing would get done.

>From what I can see there is nothing in the constitution that prevents
the Exec from making a decision down the track regarding any of the
mailing lists. This falls into their purview as managers of the group.

James