Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:26:40 -0400
To: At Large Panel <atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de>
From: "Hans Klein" <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
Subject: [atlarge-panel] PASSED: motion on VOTING PROCEDURE
The motion has now passed with 8 votes in favor from:
Edmundo Valenti
Vittorio Bertola
Michael Geist
James Love
Vivek Durai
Hans Klein
Bruce Young
YJ Park
Sincerely,
Hans
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TEXT OF MOTION ON ELECTRONIC VOTING PROCEDURE
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Electronic voting (voting by email) by the Panel shall be carried out as
follows:
(a) The making of, seconding of, and voting on motions shall take place
on an electronic mailing list to which all Panelists subscribe.
(b) The processes named in (a) above shall be administered by the
Secretary. In the absence of a Secretary, the acting Chair shall
administer the vote.
(c) When a motion has been made and seconded, the Secretary shall make a
determination of the urgency of the matter, shall establish a deadline
date for a vote (normally 72 hours), and shall send a ballot form by
email to all Panelists. This form must state the motion, name the
proposer and seconder thereof, and shall state the date by which the
ballot must be returned to the Secretary. The ballot will have provision
for entering votes for the motion, against the motion, and for recording
abstention.
(d) The returned ballots must be time stamped no later than the deadline
date in the time zone of the voter. Voting must be on the ballot form
provided by the Secretary. The only exception will be in the event that
email has failed, in which case a vote may be made by ordinary mail, by
fax, or by telephone. A member who has already voted may change his or
her vote, provided that it is done before the deadline.
(e) A motion is carried if the total number of returned ballots is at
least a quorum of the Board, and the number of affirmative votes exceeds
the number of negative ones. A quorum is 60% of the Panel (e.g. at least
7 on a Panel of 11.)
(f) The Secretary will publish to the Board the outcome and the vote of
each member who returned a ballot.
(g) Any Board member may move at any time to modify the deadline set by
the Secretary, that is, to move for curtailment or extension of debate.
Such a motion, if seconded, has immediate precedence. The Secretary will
immediately send out a ballot form on this motion and will set a deadline
on it of forty-eight (48) hours from the time of sending the ballot. The
forty-eight hours shall be elapsed time at the location of the Secretary.
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Template:
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The following motion has been made by:
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and seconded by:
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[Insert text of motion here.]
Please return this ballot by
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at which time I will count the votes. As always, if there is a definitive
result prior to this deadline, I will announce it.
Place your vote below. If you intend to abstain, please mark the
"abstain" box, because the total number of votes received by me,
including marked abstentions, will determine whether a quorum has voted.
For the motion []
Against the motion []
Abstain []
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END OF TEXT OF MOTION ON ELECTRONIC VOTING PROCEDURE
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