From 2711a105144c867b331522b1c9c47a400d17f9c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:57:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] proposed motion clarify the election procedure
- remove an outdated section
- Board to promulgate election procedures each year
- Vote to be run by Conservancy unless the Board
decides otherwise.
- Vote to use Scottish STV
Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
---
governance.txt | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/governance.txt b/governance.txt
index f1863c8..46f14f8 100644
--- a/governance.txt
+++ b/governance.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ Term
member of a cohort labeled "A", "B", or "C". Appendix A lists
the cohort and next election date for Board members as of
12 April 2013.
+ . Each year, the Board shall promulgate procedures for nominating
+ and electing new Board members. Nominations may be made by
+ any individual who has contributed to Evergreen or who is
+ employed by an institution that runs Evergreen.
+ . In the absence of an approved Board motion to the contrary,
+ each year the Board shall request that the Software Freedom
+ Conservancy undertake the collection and counting of votes
+ for the Board election. Votes are to be counted using the
+ Scottish Single Transferable Vote system.
Officers
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@@ -191,17 +200,6 @@ copy and make extracts. In the event the documents must be mailed or delivered
in some manner, the requesting Board member shall be responsible for the
delivery costs.
-Transition to General Rules of Governance and General Elections
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-By the end of the 2012 Evergreen International Conference or 30 April 2012,
-whichever comes sooner, the Board will have promulgated rules of governance for
-this Board and the Evergreen Project to be presented for approval by the
-general membership of the Evergreen Project during the conference. At that
-same time, the board will designate at least 1/3 of its seats to be filled by
-general election at the 2012 conference. The board will also hold new
-elections for the board officers at that time.
-
Ad-Hoc Event Committees
-----------------------
The Oversight Board shall create ad-hoc committees and task forces as necessary
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