Vote on 3 Policy Labels
Sponsors
- hef
History
- 2015-04-22 - Inception
- 2015-04-29 - Discussion (planned)
- 2015-05-12 - Language Lockdown (planned)
- 2015-05-19 - Vote (planned)
Background
There has been an idea going around that the Board of Directors can create board voted policy if it meets certain qualifications.
Under the section: bylaws#Issues Proper for a Vote of the Directors
There is a specific line:
to fulfill any obligations to ensure the health of the organization.
- The word "obligations" and the phrase "health of the organization" can be interpreted in a lot of ways.
- There are a lot of ways a policy can be written that fulfill obligations, and the membership should be guaranteed, a hand in that process, as we are with member votes
- A policy produced by a minority of the membership without feedback from the general membership can not hope to attain the the same rigor in quality standards that a membership vote has.
Misconceptions
- This proposal does not grant the ability to vote to break the law. See Bylaws#Issues Proper for a Vote of the Membership.
- If the space has made contractual obligations in the past, those contractual obligations continue to hold, and additional policy is optional.