On 28/09/17 14:06, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> Notice that in that proposal, the word "remove" is the only possibility >> in the first sentence and the word "remove" is the leading option in the >> second sentence. > So we can ask Matthias to rephrase that perhaps. It's factually true > some members have proposed to remove the Fellowship seats. Other's have > stated they would like to see an update of the wording to reflect > reality. And yet others have expressed a wish to review the structure > as part of altering the Fellowship seats. > > Since this really is intended as a yes/no point, I do think Matthias > might rephrase that to clarify the intent. (This is the official agenda, > during which most topics should have a clear yes/no option). > > We will need to discuss structural questions as well, but I don't believe > there's support from the members to do that now. As you know, we're > currently in a process to review and renew our committment to our > organisational identity and self perception. When we decided to engage > in that work, we also made a timeline for when certain discussions can > reasonably happen. > > Discussions around reviewing our organisational structure is on that > timeline, and the thinking is to work towards having those at the > end of 2018 and into 2019. The process of working through the structure > is a significant committment, and will take time. I don't envision us > doing that with taking less than a year for it. > > Having a renewed comittment to an organisational identity prior to this > is one of the keys to making sure we can succesfully discuss the > structure. >
A simple way forward, changing it to a yes/no question, may be asking the GA to vote on the motion "The constitution is amended to rename the Fellowship Representative to Community Representative" Would anybody else like to propose a name other than "Community Representative"? Everything else in this topic could be deferred, unless somebody wants to formally propose a motion to remove the position. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
