On 13/11/2016 07:44, Badru Ntege wrote: > Alan > > > > > > > > > On 11/13/16, 7:05 AM, "Alan Barrett" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> I think that recusal from voting is important enough to be >> entrenched in the bylaws. Recusal from participation in discussion >> is often a good idea, but it’s easy to imagine cases where it would >> not be a good idea (for example, the conflicted director may be >> able to answer questions from other directors), so I am not >> proposing to add that to the bylaws. > > > Though I get your point above, this is a double edged sword where if > a member has an interest in an issue there ability to eloquently and > passionately discuss and debate the issue is enough to usually sway > other members so recurrsal from voting will not help the situation > since other members have already been convinced by a conflicted > member. > > Its usually good practice for the member not to participate in the > issue at all and at times they are not even in the room. I tend to > prefer the option where the conflicted member is not involved at all > in the discussion.
I disagree. The conflicted member should be allowed a say - but probably limited to only one occasion - in order to explain their position and why there is conflict. The Member should then remain available to answer any questions after that. I thus concur with Alan. > > Regards > > > > >> >> Alan Barrett >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss >> mailing list [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss > mailing list [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa [email protected] Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za
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