RE: [registrars] proposed new by law "amendments section" comments

["Tim Ruiz" <tim@godaddy.com>]

It might make sense to just break out two or three special cases,
something like:

Bylaw amendments
ExCom, NomCom, and GNSO reps
Other reps (task forces, committees, etc.)

And decide the minimum required for those. For every thing else the 10%
to a minimum of 10 would apply.

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Wm. Rader [mailto:ross@tucows.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:02 AM
To: 'Tim Ruiz'; 'Ken Stubbs'; 'Registrars'
Cc: 'Elana Broitman'
Subject: RE: [registrars] proposed new by law "amendments section"
comments


> But, if we are only talking about bylaw 
> amendments, then perhaps what Ken suggests would somewhat 
> modified like this:

I clarified this with Ken offline - we are substantially talking about
bylaws amendments - my point is simply that the dynamic is equally
applicable to all votes, so we need to be careful across the board.

> A vote of at least two thirds of all ballots cast in favor of 
> an amendment is necessary for adoption, except that if the 
> total of all votes cast represents less than 50% of the 
> membership, then a simple majority that represents no less 
> than one-third of the membership is necessary for adoption.

I think that this modification would be appropriate specifically for
amendments to the bylaws. We should still consider whether ten percent
to a minimum of ten is appropriate for all other votes (I think it isn't
bad, but might be a tad low...)

-rwr