On Tuesday 07 December 2010 16:44:36 Xyne wrote: > Peter Lewis wrote: > > Do we require that a proposal has only "yes" and "no" as options, as well > > as "abstain"? Could a proposal present a list of options? How would this > > affect the voting, or should it not be allowed? (If not, I think we > > should state explicitly what is [only] allowed.) > > For now those are the only options available on the interface, so we don't > need to consider anything else.
I agree. Let's say so then in the byelaws. > Eventually "Standard Voting Procedure" > could be changed to "Simple Voting Procedure" and another procedure could > be introduced for anything beyond an accept/reject motion. Indeed :-) > > In answer to your "normally" point, perhaps: > > > > "The duration of the voting period shall be 7 days unless determined > > otherwise according to the nature of the proposal and as described > > elsewhere in the bylaws." > > I tried to find a natural-sounding formulation using "unless" too but > couldn't. I think it's because I already had "... nature of the > proposal..." in my head. I agree with the use of "unless" but not the > proposed statement. > > I've used "UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to > the proposal." in the updated version below. Good stuff. Oops, I just saw you replied again... will reply to that...
