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

[Stephen Thorne]

On 2010-08-24, Greg Black wrote:
> 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.

I like Greg's variation better. It incorporates the "I turned up the AGM
because I care about the club but I wasn't a financial member the preceeding
year" situation that has occurred more than once during AGMs in the past.

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Regards,
Stephen Thorne
Development Engineer
Netbox Blue