On 10/15/11 11:21 PM, "Randy Epstein" <repstein@hostleasing.net> wrote:
Betty,
I believe there was a problem with the voting system this past election. Proposed amendment 1, which I voted NO on, did not register. It does not show a vote in the ballot confirmation email (well, it just doesn't say what I did), but I know I voted NO. Further, what makes this even more suspicious is that 0 people voted no on this one, yet 8 voted no on the 2nd. Yet, the yes votes on both were 79 and 78 respectively.
Results:
Member structure ratification 79 yes
0 no
Committee Structure Simplification Rationale 78 yes
8 no
Can anyone investigate this? I'm just concerned that there might be a problem in the future, and I'd like to find out what happened here.
Regards,
Randy
On 10/9/11 11:15 PM, "Nanog" <help@www.nanog.org> wrote:
Ballot Cast: Bylaw Changes Cast by: Randy Epstein
1. Membership structure ratification<p> Rationale: The membership structure as specified in the original bylaws made a lot of people unhappy, so the board used its power to temporarily amend the bylaws to institute the now-current membership structure, under which all current NANOG voters have become members. That amendment now needs to be ratified by the membership, to avoid the membership structure reverting to its previous state.</P>
Proposal: That the membership ratify the bylaw amendment enacted by the Board on January 4, 2011, establishing the now-current NANOG membership structure. </P>
The amendment is as follows: - Replace the current section 5 in its entirety with:</P>
5. Membership</P>
5.1 Membership Qualifications - Membership in NewNOG is open to any individual with an interest in Internet operations, engineering, or research and who wishes to further education and knowledge sharing within the Internet operations community. Any individual may become a member of NewNOG by completing an application and payment of dues.</P>
5.2 Membership Classes - There shall be only one class of membership, with all the rights and privileges specified in these Bylaws.</P>
5.3 Membership Dues - The Board of Directors shall specify the cost of annual membership dues. The Board may establish discounts for members meeting certain criteria, or for members wishing to pay for more than one year in advance.</P>
5.4 Rights and Benefits of Members - Members in good standing shall be entitled to these privileges:
</P>* Vote in all NewNOG elections. * Run as a candidate for the Board of Directors * Serve on an administrative committee, as defined in section 9 * Other privileges as specified by the Board of Directors</P>
5.5 Policies and Procedures - The Board of Directors shall establish and publish policies and procedures for implementation of the membership program.
</P> 2. Committee Structure Simplification Rationale:</P> Substantial portions of the roles of the Event Logistics committee and the Budget and Finance committee are now being carried out by the Executive Director and staff, with oversight by the Treasurer and other board members. This amendment eliminates the permanent status of those committees, and allows the board discretion to create new ad hoc committees as needs change.</P>
The amendment would:
- Eliminate the finance and event committees as standing committees - Allow the board to create other ad-hoc committees as needed to perform specific tasks - Clarify that all committee chairs are given non-voting ex-officio seats on the board, which are not counted towards a quorum - Fix a few other minor language issues and typos</P>
Proposal: - In section 8.6, replace the text "at least four members" with "at least four voting members".</P>
- Replace section 9 introductory text with: The Board of Directors will create three standing committees to fulfill the NewNOG mission. Those committees will be the Program Committee, the Communication Committee, and the Membership and Development Committee. The Board may also at its discretion create ad hoc committees to carry out other functions as needed. All members of committees must be Members in Good Standing of NewNOG. The chairperson of each committee will serve ex officio in a non-voting role on the Board of Directors, in order to facilitate communication between the groups.</P>
- In section 9.1.2, replace the word "Council" with "Committee".</P>
- In section 9.2.3, replace the misspelled word "Acceptible" with "Acceptable".</P>
- In section 9.2.5, delete the sentence: </P>
The chairperson of the Communications Committee will serve ex officio in a non-voting role on the Board of Directors, in order to facilitate communication between the two groups.</P>
- In section 9.3.1, delete the sentence:</P>
The chairperson of the Membership and Development Committee will serve ex officio in a non-voting role on the Board of Directors, in order to facilitate communication between the two groups.</P>
- Replace section 9.4 with:</P>
9.4 Ad Hoc Committees</P>
The Board of Directors may from time to time create ad hoc committees and appoint members as needed to carry out specific functions.</P>
- Delete section 9.5.</P>
- In section 10.3.2, delete the sentence:</P>
The Chair of the Program Committee will serve ex officio in a non-voting role on the Board of Directors, in order to facilitate communication between the two groups.</P> Not Approve