[H-GEN] Constitutional changes I will be proposing at the AGM

[Greg Black]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 15:22, Sandra Mansell <sandra at mansell.id.au> wrote:
> On 24/08/2010 3:17 PM, David Seikel wrote:
>
>>>         h. Only current Financial Members who have accumulated at
>>> least 3 months as Financial Members in good standing have voting
>>>         rights at a Special General Meeting.
>>
>> This is still ambiguous.  I've not been a financial member for over a
>> year.  If this is passed, would I be able to rock up at the next AGM,
>> having not paid at all in the intervening year, pay membership on the
>> day, and fall back on my past years of financial membership in good
>> standing for voting privileges at that next AGM?
>
> This is what I and a few others did last year based on what the constitution
> currently says. So regardless this could still happen IMO.

I suggest a variation on the wording which I hope removes any ambiguity:

    h. Only members who are financial at the start of a Special General
        Meeting and who have been financial for at least three months in
        total during the previous three years have voting rights at that
        Special General Meeting.

Note: I added one extra detail that appeals to me. If everybody hates it,
the three years can be extended or removed. I'd like it to stay.

Cheers, Greg