Hi, Lefty (石鏡 ) wrote: > On 12/11/09 9:32 AM, "Behdad Esfahbod" <beh...@behdad.org> wrote: >> Quick procedural note: If you really want to pursue this, according to the >> bylaws you need support of 5% of the membership IIRC to put something to >> vote. >> I'm not sure the vote would be binding though. > > Is there anything in the bylaws as to how this support might be collected > and demonstrated? If not, I doubt _anything_ will ever get put to a vote...
There is precedent for a membership petition for an election. I ran one to have the board size reduced some years ago: http://live.gnome.org/BoardSizePetition At the time I was told I needed 10% of the membership: http://foundation.gnome.org/referenda/2005-10/ (37 signatures) - in the end, 42 members and some non-members signed to have the debate & vote. The foundation membership is now just under 360 people according to http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/members.php requiring 18 signatories to go over 5%. With 20 signatories, you would have some margin for error. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member dne...@gnome.org _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
