On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fortunately, SLOBs votes are done via email, at any time, and the monthly >> SLOBs meetings are there to unjam any backlogs. > > > > ah I was under the impression that motions were debated and voted in the > meetings, with recourse to e-mail when meeting time ran out after debate > but before a vote. > > Nobody's in thrall to a higher power here, and if the SFC requires every > single expenditure to be voted, there is a reason, and perhaps the reason > isn't valid. With resources limited as they are, we need to be vigilant > about bureaucracy, that's all. > > Speaking of which, the SLOBs may wish to consider a motion numbering > system such as is used by legislatures. It could simplify referencing > previous decisions, in particular providing a search engine handle which > could be used to reconcile authorized expenditures. And motions could be > more easily listed for governance history. > Nice idea. I could start by numbering the motions listed in [1]. -walter > > > Sean > > [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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