As the motion is seconded we are now in a discussion period. On Feb 25, 2010, at 17:18, Peter Tribble wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Simon Phipps > <Simon.Phipps at sun.com> wrote: >> Hey, enough. I don't care who is to blame just now, we can whip the >> guilty >> later. >> >> I move that the base number used to calculate the quorum for the >> actual >> ballots shall be the number of people capable of legitimately >> voting on the >> day the ballot opens, regardless of potential eligibility. >> >> Do I have a second? > > Are you proposing we violate section 5.8 of the constitution and > overturn a > previous OGB decision and the messaging we've done to Members thus > far? > The constitution specifies how and when we do this, and messaging > has been > pretty consistent. I am simply suggesting we pragmatically interpret the constitution and treat those with unvalidated accounts as choosing not to have CC status. There is undoubtedly a host of devils in a host of details, so beyond that you'd need to ask more specific questions. S.
