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Θέμα: [WDDM] WDDM Board - Communication
Process
Richard, George,
How's this?
Mark Antell,
member
WDDM executive board
PS. To all recipients.
Please read this note to the end before reacting.
Thanks.
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Proposed motion concerning
executive board communications:
The WDDM charter requires that
executive board communications be carried out openly.
However, discussing
business issues in the general WDDM Forum might tend to disrupt and confuse
other discussion.
Therefore, WDDM shall set up a Forum for executive board
communication.
Posting-rights to this Forum shall be limited to the
executive board, plus all candidates in the recent election. All WDDM
members shall have read privileges.
Notes:
Our executive board
has three members. Approval by a majority (ie. two of us) is needed for
the motion to pass. Mirek has agreed to set up an executive board Forum
as mentioned above, if that's what we want.
I urge
passage, It will allow us to frame and initiate general membership
discussion on substantive issues like, for example: completing a mission
statement, addressing WDDM finances, and beginning to interact with other
direct democracy groups.
The consequences of passage by the executive
board are described in item 11 of the Charter:
1. A motion passed by the
executive board has only temporary validity. It must be presented to the
membership for a ratification vote.
2. Ratification voting is open
for two weeks after a motion is posted for vote.
For completeness
sake, it may be noted that the WDDM Charter specifies (under item 9) an
alternate, initiative, method for posting a motion for vote by the
membership. If a proposed motion is seconded by three members it shall
be posted for a binding vote by the general membership.