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Bylaws Amendments 2020 vote (view source)
Revision as of 03:39, 23 November 2020
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== Background ==
== Background ==
[[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/images/Bylaws_10.29.2019_PumpingStationOne.pdf Our Bylaws - old and busted]]
The PS1 Bylaws were changed in December of 2018 (member suffrage) and updated in October of 2019 (Board restructure). Throughout the year of 2020 the Board and other volunteers suggested changes when issues with the current Bylaws came up. We aim to improve the health of our community by aligning the Bylaws more closely with how work gets done and decisions are actually made in the organization's self-governance. We want to rebalance power appropriately where needed by giving more power to the Board in some circumstances and more power to the members in others. We discussed the changes and wrote up Bylaws that allow the organization to run more effectively.
We now seek to replace [[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/images/Bylaws_10.29.2019_PumpingStationOne.pdf Our Bylaws - old and busted]] with these proposed Bylaws (11.19.20). There are two documents attached to this vote:
List of Proposed Changes - PumpingStationOneBylaws - 11.20.pdf
Bylaws_11.19.2020_PumpingStationOne_Proposed1.pdf
We will update all text with an edits before the language locks. The current bylaws can be found on the PS1 Bylaws Wiki page.
The format in the List of Proposed Changes is as follows:
'''1. Current language''': from bylaws version 10.29.19
suggested changes: to make the bylaws better
new language: what the bylaws version 11.20.20 will say if it passes
Note: about why we made the change
Not all of the proposed changes have notes. Feel free to inquire on the Google Groups thread for this vote if you have questions.
We are seeking member input and feedback.
In August of 2020 the Board reviewed the December 2018 bylaws with Tanya Pietrkowski, Director of Development at CARPLS legal aid. She gave us excellent suggested regarding some DRC-Board power issues we had encountered with those Bylaws. (The October 2019 version was not on the wiki yet due to a clerical error.) Based on that meeting and a review of the substantive changes, we have determined that our proposed changes do not interfere with or violate any applicable laws, the Board has decided that we will not submit our suggested Bylaws for another legal review.
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==