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, 16:48, 25 April 2015→Opinion that pseudo-policies are not valid is incorrect
I object to the statement in the Background section of the vote "It's my opinion that the following three pseudo policies are invalid because they were not voted on by the general membership...." The Bylaws currently state that:
I object to the statement in the Background section of the vote "It's my opinion that the following three pseudo policies are invalid because they were not voted on by the general membership...." The Bylaws currently state that:
[[Bylaws#Issues_Proper_for_a_Vote_of_the_Directors]]
* to fulfill any obligations to ensure the health of the organization.
* to fulfill any obligations to ensure the health of the organization.
In the case of these three policies, the Board decided to enact them to fulfil contractual and legal obligations to ensure the health of the organization. I can understand that someone might think the Board should not have done what they did. I can understand that someone may think the Bylaws should be changed so that the Board no longer has the power to do what it did. But the Bylaws as they exist today do allow for the actions in question. The policies themselves are valid. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 01:54, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
In the case of these three policies, the Board decided to enact them to fulfil contractual and legal obligations to ensure the health of the organization. I can understand that someone might think the Board should not have done what they did. I can understand that someone may think the Bylaws should be changed so that the Board no longer has the power to do what it did. But the Bylaws as they exist today do allow for the actions in question. The policies themselves are valid. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 01:54, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
* Setting policy was not necessary: Because those were already contractual obligations that space had taken on, the information on what the space had agreed to needed to be communicated, and a new official policy was not required. A few wiki pages detailing the info and an email out to the mailing list with an explanation would have sufficed. --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 11:48, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
* Optionally, a follow up membership vote could have been run to set the policies in stone --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 11:48, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
* I'm willing to drop the background info, as it doesn't really have much baring on the vote itself. My larger interest is ensuring that the membership is able to be directly involved and able to ensure sufficient rigor in any policy that the membership is required to agree too.
== Freedom to Create protected (and constrained) by Adherence to Law ==
== Freedom to Create protected (and constrained) by Adherence to Law ==
