[NCUC-DISCUSS] [] Out of contact

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Jun 28 14:47, William Drake (william.drake at uzh.ch) wrote:

> On Jun 28, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Avri Doria <avri at ACM.ORG> wrote:
> 
> > +1
> > 
> > Chair chooses, EC approves.
> > 
> > or a mid point;
> > 
> > Chair chooses, EC can overrule.
> > 
> > But makes no sense to leave the EC out of the process.
> 
> Nope. I would be rather surprised if a chair were to seek to appoint
> an interim EC member without coordinating with the EC, and indeed
> with the membership.

Not in the present situation, no, nobody'd expect you to do that,
but stranger things have happened - small volunteer-driven
organizations are not immune to hostile takeover attempts.

And the discussion has also been about how the bylaws should be
adjusted to avoid such ambiguities in the future, and in that
context I think Avri's suggestions are good.

> I had hoped we could perform this seemingly innocuous task
> reasonably quickly so I could get some help on board with Durban
> work etc., but if we prefer to convene a constitutional convention
> on the matter, ok.

I don't see how simply having the EC decide on the issue when the
bylaws are unclear amounts to "convening a constitutional convention"
or indeed why it should slow things down much at all.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen
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