On the first point, granted. I'll attempt to come up with a clearer description.
I don't think that an instruction from the members to the Board to make a particular purchase sets a precedent that all Board purchases must be authorised by the membership. Would appreciate Office input on this point though. On 29 Sep 2012, at 21:55, Andrew Turvey <andrewrtur...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On a different note... > > Regarding the switch from approval voting to STV (or whatever) what I think > is missing the most is a clear statement setting out the reasons for the > change (i.e. what's broken and how would this change fix it). > > I've also suggested a tweak to the EGM motion on the page (hope this is ok to > do there) > > Lastly, we could do with pencilling in a date for the EGM - how about > coinciding with the board meeting 9-10 February 2013 - and aim to do it by > electronic voting as much as possible. > > Regards, > > Andrew > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:26 PM, James Farrar <james.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, here's a very quick first draft of the motion and election rules for STV. > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LondonStatto/Proposed_EGM_Motion_on_Voting_System > > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LondonStatto/Proposed_STV_Election_Rules > > Thoughts, questions, suggestions all gratefully received. I'm not at work > tomorrow so will do my best to monitor email/talk pages. > > J. > > > On 17 September 2012 23:03, James Farrar <james.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > Certainly my sense of the various discussions over the past 18 months is that > there's near-consensus on STV as the best alternative to the current system. > I intend to draft a motion with new election rules for STV; if anyone has > other systems they'd like to put forward I'll be happy to draft election > rules for them. > > However, if we have more than two systems to choose between, we then have to > decide which system to choose to decide which system we use... > > > On 17 September 2012 22:54, rexx <r...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The problem probably lies with the volume of business on each board meeting > agenda. We're only just keeping up with the business, and as much as I'd like > to see a constructive discussion and a positive decision made on the future > election process, I personally won't find the time in the near future to > organise an EGM. > > I'm encouraged by James' offer, and the more volunteers we have who would be > willing to devote some time into defining the parameters for discussion > (maybe a proposer and seconder for a resolution?), or suggesting possible > timescales and venues for an EGM, the easier it gets to fulfil our commitment > to having a new process in place by the next AGM. > > All contributions are welcome. > > -- > Doug > > > > On 17 September 2012 22:24, James Farrar <james.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now that I am no longer in the process of getting married, I can start making > some progress on this. > > On Sep 17, 2012 9:48 PM, "Chris Keating" <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > Chris, if I may at least ask for a very short clarification of the no: are > you confirming there has been no communication/decision on the issue on board > level, or do you confirm there will be no such EGM (as far as the board is > concerned)? > > There has been no progress. :-) > > Personally I would quite like some progress, and think we ought to use STV - > it would be great if people could get drafting resolutions. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > -- > Andrew Turvey > -- > 07403 216 991 > @AndrewTurvey > http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey > http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT > http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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