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Bylaws Amendments 2020 vote (view source)
Revision as of 09:57, 22 November 2020
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== Co-Sponsors ==
== Co-Sponsors ==
''Names of at least two members eligible to vote (handle + real name)''
''Names of at least two members eligible to vote (handle + real name)''
== Vote Results ==
Quorum:[ ]
Yea Votes: [ ]
Nay Votes: [ ]
Present or Abstain: [ ]
== Definition of "Language" ==
"The wording of a legal document." [tfd.com/language]
== Schedule ==
== Schedule ==
==== Proposal Date ====
==== Proposal Date ====
Date this proposal was posted to the membership and the Board.
Date this proposal was posted to the membership and a request for a vote date was sent to the Board.
'''[DATE]'''
==== Member Input ====
Does the Sponsor choose to open the language of the vote for changes due to member input? (optional and can be modified at any time)
[DATE]
'''[ ] YES [ ] NO'''
==== Discussion Period Begins ====
==== Vote Announcement and Beginning Date of the Discussion Period ====
The announcement date of the vote proposal is the beginning date of the seven-day (minimum) posting and Member discussion period. '' If the Sponsor has chosen to include member input, suggested edits can be made in a shared document or other collaborative vehicle until the language is locked. The sponsor can stop taking suggestions at any time. ''
'''[DATE]'''
==== Member Input ====
==== Language Lock Date and Start of Voting ====
Five days prior to the Day of the Vote, the vote language is locked, all edits are frozen, and the language of the vote is converted to a pdf file. Ballots that include the pdf are sent to the Membership, and electronic voting begins. '' Note that the minimum discussion period of seven days leaves only two days for changes before the lock takes place. ''
[ ] YES [ ] NO
'''[DATE]'''
==== Day of the Vote ====
==== Day of the Vote ====
[DATE]
Date the Board has assigned for the vote. The Day of the Vote is the day the vote closes.
'''[DATE]'''
== Background ==
== Background ==
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
''A summary or outline of the vote language can be included here.''
''A summary or outline of the vote language can be included here.''
== Language of the Vote ==
== Language of the Vote ==
''Here is the actual text that will be recorded as, for example, an expense authorization, a Policy of the Corporation, a proposal for the a change of a director or officer, etc. The Language of the Vote, as voted on by the Membership, must include the actual language of any externally referenced documents. Links are not allowed. Amendments to existing Policies always place the entire Policy up for vote, not just the part being amended.
''Here is the actual text that will be recorded as, for example, an expense authorization, a Policy of the Corporation, a proposal for the a change of a director or officer, etc. During the The Language of the Vote, as voted on by the Membership, must include the actual language of any externally referenced documents. Links are not allowed. Amendments to existing Policies always place the entire Policy up for vote, not just the part being amended.
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