Draft articles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbHiUcQjz0SHKlt6BzGp2z_Lo1YH1RmdEZ2kMkpNI04/edit
*Rob* On 23 April 2016 at 16:10, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To breed a culture of Member-led organisation (with Directors as figure > heads) I suggest: > > 1. Directors have all the power > 2. Members can direct the Directors to take/refrain from taking action > via a ORDINARY Resolution > 3. Voting on Ordinary resolutions can be opened immediately (not 14 > days), be online, and after a period of X days the vote is passed if 50% of > those who voted (not 75% of ALL members in the case of the Written Special > Resolution) accept the resolution. > > This sends a strong message that this is a member led organisation. > > I include for comparison the Constitution of the West Midlands Open Data > User Group (WM-ODUG). This was a boilerplate template from > OneClickOrgs.com, a site that let you set up Unincorporated Associations > and managed the Proposals and Voting of members via their online portal - > It was a great site but seems to have gone quiet now :-( > > The difference is remarkable. It is so much clearer that the WM-ODUG was a > member led organisation. > I'm hoping we can move in that direction. > >
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