[H-GEN] Changes to Humbug Constitution

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, Russell Stuart wrote:

> As per David's suggestion, I'll get rid of the gender specific language:

Excellent...

> 2.b.  In the absence of the President the position of Acting
>      President shall be held by the Secretary, similarly in their
>      absence the Treasurer assumes the position.
>
>> i.  An eligible Financial Member may proxy his voting rights for one
>>        Special General Meeting by providing the a member of the
>>        Executive with signed written notice of their intent. This may
>>        be in physical, or authenticated electronic form.

"his"

> I'm altering this to make it clear you can only give your proxy to
> someone who is eligible to vote on the day:
>
> 5.i. A member may proxy his voting rights for one Special General
>     Meeting to another member with voting rights by providing a member
>     of the Executive with signed written notice of their intent. This
>     may be in physical, or authenticated electronic form.

"his"

I suggest grepping the constitution for the word "his" :)

Cheers,

Rob

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