Thanks for the question. I will return to this with a full idea and 
supporting facts. A little distracted for a day or so.

Regards,
Adam Culp
IBMiToolkit

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 6:56:07 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
>
> What are the proposed changes to the eligibility, exactly? Do you have 
> wording or an example? I have trouble understanding exactly what you're 
> trying to avoid.    
>
> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 4:20:18 PM UTC-4, Adam Culp wrote:
>>
>> FIG members,
>>
>> We have a conflict, and I think it is time we fixed it. In particular I'm 
>> speaking about the bylaws governing secretary eligibility. (
>> http://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/membership/#eligibility-criteria)
>>
>> The oversight we are guilty of is that while a secretary cannot be an 
>> editor of a PSR in draft phase, I think the stipulation should be broader 
>> than that. The secretary role is a very important and time consuming 
>> position, not to mention the secretary must remain non-biased to properly 
>> aid the FIG members. This would include anything related bylaws, PSRs, 
>> and/or other actions being carried out by the FIG. Not only could these 
>> things distract a secretary from their given duties, but it hurts the FIG 
>> preventing a secretary of non-bias.
>>
>> I have heard some comments related to, "This is why we have 3 
>> secretaries." But I would contest this is not the case, but has been 
>> twisted. The reason we have 3 is to help pick up the pieces if one has 
>> problems that were unplanned. NOT to selectively decide what one of the 3 
>> secretaries would or would not be a part of, and therefore able to hand 
>> things off to the others. By allowing secretaries to stray from their given 
>> task and randomly decide bias, it hurts the FIG and prevents the 
>> secretaries from doing what they were voted on to do.
>>
>> Therefore I am calling that we enhance the eligibility criteria to 
>> eliminate this bias and confusion of duties in the secretary role.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adam Culp
>> IBMiToolkit
>>
>

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