Hi, On 10/24/2014 05:56 PM, Kathleen Danielson wrote: > If I'm understanding this correctly, in the next week or so, before > proxy voting begins, we could ask the board to make a decision to > include a "nonbinding resolution" or, essentially a "good faith" > resolution on the ballot.
Frankly I'm not sure about required timings here but under the "Any other business" point, any non-binding stuff could be decided on the spot by the members. It would however not have the benefit of remote participation through proxy votes then. I'd be fine with adding something to the ballot but that would need to go through the board, whereas doing something on the spot just requires a couple members grabbing the microphone and improvising. > If that passes the board, it could be on the > ballot, and give direction to the newly elected board to take [some > action]. If it were voted in, the board wouldn't legally have to do > [some action], but hopefully would follow the wishes of the electorate. If it wouldn't do [some action], the electorate could fore the newly elected board to hold a new GM that actually has a binding resolution on the agenda (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/303 and 304). If the board does not comply, the members can call a meeting themselves (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/305). Of course if the newly elected board were manipulative enough, they could only do half of [some action], thereby mollifying the members and robbing them of the energy to actually go through the "forcing a meeting" process. I don't claim to be well versed in UK companies law but perusing your favourite search engine with "companies act 2006" plus whatever you're interested in will normally yield good results. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
