Oh, okay, Regarding amendments, it appears that there is no process for amending the bylaws. Would it just be a normal PMC decision with the approval of the Assembly?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:18 PM Tino Didriksen <m...@tinodidriksen.com> wrote: > Replied inline... > > On Fri, 1 May 2020, Samuel Sloniker <scoopgra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another possibility is to allow the Assembly to amend the bylaws without >> involving the PMC, so we can handle abuse of power when and if it happens. > > > The Assembly can effectively already do that. As I've mentioned several > times before, the Assembly is the body that actually holds all the power. > The PMC is just day-to-day executive. The PMC must consult with the > Assembly on wider scale changes, but even for small changes the Assembly > can overturn the PMC. > > Basically, the PMC can do almost anything, therefore, they could remove >> committers for no good reason, abuse the Web space, etc. > > > Anyone with administrative access can do that. There's several people with > such access but who are not PMC members. We currently have no legal > recourse against such abuse, but new bylaws and organisation will create > that protection. > > >> Also, can we remove the need for PMC sponsorship for getting voting >> rights? IMO, just contributing should be enough. >> > > No it should not. There must be a formal process for attaining voting > rights for a non-profit organisation where money is involved. The > contributor must both want to be a voting member, and be accepted by the > current members. The PMC represents the current members in this matter, > because asking the whole Assembly would be too slow - but again, the > Assembly can overturn the PMC here as well. > > -- Tino Didriksen > > _______________________________________________ > Apertium-stuff mailing list > Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff >
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