Formation of the Ad Hoc Constitutional Committee 2000, nicknamed Section 5. Section 5 is an Ad Committee, and therefore no formal mechanism exists to promote, restrain, or encumber its formation. It is not a violation of the JOS Constitution or JOS The mission of the AHCC 2000 consists of the following major objectives: 1) To draft a recommendation for an extraordinary change to the JOS Constitution, Section 5, JOS Governance Procedures. 2) To review the recommendations with the JOS Membership in order to take into account all issues brought forth. 3) To edit the recommendations with regards to the input received. 4) To advertise the recommendation under the extraordinary rules for a vote by JOS Membership. 5) To further steward the recommendation through the JOS voting procedures. Once these five major objectives have been me the AHCC 2000 will dissolve with no further ado. No qualifications for Section 5 membership have been determined at this time. The contents of the recommendation that Section 5 is drafting would include, but not be delimited to: 1) The institutionalization of a temporary Constitutional President (CP), who would hold office six months out of the year. 2) The definition of the CP's roles, responsibilities, powers, constraints, etc. 3) The institutionalization of a temporary Presidential Oversight Committee (POC), which would balance and check the power and control of the Constitutional President, but would operate year round. 4) The definition of the POC's roles, responsibilities, powers, constraints, etc. 5) The rules and procedures by which the POC oversees the executive power of the CP. I do not offer the actual text of the Section 5 recommendation ... I think this should be a group process, and recommend we continue further discussions on Section 5 on [EMAIL PROTECTED] I encourage all members to participate, and provide their valuable input in a timely manner. I recommend Section 5 discussion end in a timely manner, and the matter drawn up and advertised for a full vote. For your convenience, some relevant sections of the JOS Constitution concerning the extraordinary nature of this measure. Omega Bodhi ================ JOS Constitutional Sections 4.2 Voting issues shall be classified as "ordinary" and "extraordinary". "Extraordinary" votes shall be reserved for changes to the Constitution. All other issues shall be decided by "ordinary" votes. 4.3 A vote may be called by any voting member. If a voting member wishes to call a vote then this shall be advertised for a minimum number of days prior to the start of the vote in the manner described in the policy book. The minimum number of days shall be 7 for "ordinary" votes and 14 for "extraordinary" votes. The advertisement shall specify one member who has agreed to second the vote and a member who has agreed to act as a neutral administrator of the vote. The advertisement shall also specify the proposed wording of the question to be asked in the vote. _______________________________________________ General maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jos.org/mailman/listinfo/general
