On Feb 28, 2009, at 01:21, Ben Rockwood wrote: > Simon Phipps wrote: >> OK, the deadline is approaching. Any last words before we seal up the >> Constitution and put it to the electorate? > > Please forgive my ignorance, but it was said that the OGB's first > business will be to modify the charter. Can further clarification be > provided if not already available? Without clarification, it > suggests > that the constitution is in violation of the charter and it must be > mended after the fact.
Since the changes to the Charter are changes that will reflect new clauses in the Constitution and since the Constitution was still open to modification until put to the vote, the OGB felt after discussion that it would be better to modify the Charter once the Constitution was adopted. We asked Sun for leave to operate this way, as you will have seen from mail I sent to their official contact yesterday, and Sun agreed that in the event the new Constitution was adopted, it was happy for modification of the Charter to match the Constitution to the satisfaction of both the community and Sun to be performed by the incoming OGB. Regards, Simon
