[wplug-members] Absentee ballot proposal

[Justin at js-wordsmith.com]

Happy Friday, WPLUG members!

In case you haven't had a chance to read over my minutes
(http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20130112#Meeting_Minutes) for last
weekend's GUM, a new bylaws amendment (courtesy of CRW
(http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Commission_to_Reform_WPLUG)) was successfully
proposed that would eliminate the distinction between in-person meetings
and virtual meetings for WPLUG's board and committees. Currently, Section
8.4 of the bylaws reads as follows:
	         8.4 Virtual Meetings 

	         By default, all Board and committee meetings are held in person,
unless by 2/3 vote at a prior meeting, a virtual meeting as described
herein is scheduled. The proposal would change this to read:

         By default, all Board and committee meetings are held in person,
unless the chair of the meeting chooses to schedule a virtual meeting as
described herein.

Requiring people to be physically present to schedule a virtual meeting
sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Most of the utility comes from
being able to schedule virtual meetings at the last moment because of
unexpected circumstances - say, a winter storm hits, but there's stuff that
you really need to discuss.

Since this amendment was successfully proposed at Saturday's GUM, it now
goes to you, the members, for final approval via absentee ballot. Here's a
link to the ballot:
http://www.wplug.org/w/images/0/01/Jan2013BylawsAmend.pdf
(http://www.wplug.org/w/images/0/01/Jan2013BylawsAmend.pdf)

Instructions for voting are on the ballot. If you have any questions, feel
free to ask.

Justin Smith
WPLUG vice chair/secretary
http://www.js-wordsmith.com


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