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There is a very convoluted bit in the bylaws (Section 5.1.2.1, linked here https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Bylaws#Quorum)intended to allow a vote to happen even if Full members stay away from voting ... essentially it removes a member from a count towards quorum if they are inactive and don't participate for a period of time. However, record-keeping, conduct of meetings and understanding of the process is so poor, that it has never been properly conducted. Any vote that would be attempted under the true bylaws-specified process could easily be challenged based on poor performance of audits of membership and record-keeping. The de facto standard then, has been to interpret quorum in the most conservative way at 1/3 of Full members. While this is still difficult, since in every audit of full members, some are found to not be in good standing, or still be on the rolls despite being suspended or otherwise not a full member, and it isn't unthinkable that a full member who is paying, is somehow listed as not being so, or otherwise did not get a vote announcement or proxy email .. it can be done by carefully comparing the payments received by PayPal with the voter roster. The voter roster is easier to audit now that Wild Apricot is being phased in, but will still be difficult until everyone is migrated off of ps1auth, onto Wild Apricot, and is paying by debit or credit card. This vote does not address the process of conducting a member audit, validating the full member rolls, or anything else; it leaves that where it was, a challenge that the officers, board and full membership should attend to. There is no ulterior motive for this vote other than to bring voting in line with actual practice, as it has been proven to be entirely adequate for ordinary operation of the organization.  

There is a very convoluted bit in the bylaws (Section 5.1.2.1, linked here https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Bylaws#Quorum)intended to allow a vote to happen even if Full members stay away from voting ... essentially it removes a member from a count towards quorum if they are inactive and don't participate for a period of time. However, record-keeping, conduct of meetings and understanding of the process is so poor, that it has never been properly conducted. Any vote that would be attempted under the true bylaws-specified process could easily be challenged based on poor performance of audits of membership and record-keeping. The de facto standard then, has been to interpret quorum in the most conservative way at 1/3 of Full members. While this is still difficult, since in every audit of full members, some are found to not be in good standing, or still be on the rolls despite being suspended or otherwise not a full member, and it isn't unthinkable that a full member who is paying, is somehow listed as not being so, or otherwise did not get a vote announcement or proxy email .. it can be done by carefully comparing the payments received by PayPal with the voter roster. The voter roster is easier to audit now that Wild Apricot is being phased in, but will still be difficult until everyone is migrated off of ps1auth, onto Wild Apricot, and is paying by debit or credit card. This vote does not address the process of conducting a member audit, validating the full member rolls, or anything else; it leaves that where it was, a challenge that the officers, board and full membership should attend to. There is no ulterior motive for this vote other than to bring voting in line with actual practice, as it has been proven to be entirely adequate for ordinary operation of the organization.  

There is an update to the Bylaws approaching open discussion amongst the membership and ultimately, a vote. This vote does not concern that, except that it will make any subsequent vote on any issue clearer, more fair, and less open to challenge. There will be a clear method to determine a mandate conferred by a vote of the members.

There is an update to the Bylaws approaching open discussion amongst the membership and ultimately, a vote. This vote does not concern that, though it will make the vote on that issue clearer, more fair, and less open to challenge. There will be a clear method to determine a mandate conferred by a vote of the members.

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