Let's put this in the wiki (if you're agreeable) (or if it is, can you
provide a link and edit the WebHome to also point there)?
There are several issues we should be working on and this is one of them.
-iain
At 07:43 PM 9/22/00 -0500, Omega Bodhi wrote:
>Formation of the Ad Hoc Constitutional Committee 2000, nicknamed Section 5.
>
>Section 5 is an Ad Committee, and therefore no formal mechanism exists to
>promote, restrain, or encumber its formation. It is not a violation of the
>JOS Constitution or JOS
>
>The mission of the AHCC 2000 consists of the following major objectives:
>
>1) To draft a recommendation for an extraordinary change to the JOS
>Constitution, Section 5, JOS Governance Procedures.
>2) To review the recommendations with the JOS Membership in order to take
>into account all issues brought forth.
>3) To edit the recommendations with regards to the input received.
>4) To advertise the recommendation under the extraordinary rules for a vote
>by JOS Membership.
>5) To further steward the recommendation through the JOS voting procedures.
>
>Once these five major objectives have been me the AHCC 2000 will dissolve
>with no further ado.
>
>No qualifications for Section 5 membership have been determined at this time.
>
>The contents of the recommendation that Section 5 is drafting would
>include, but not be delimited to:
>
>1) The institutionalization of a temporary Constitutional President (CP),
>who would hold office six months out of the year.
>2) The definition of the CP's roles, responsibilities, powers, constraints,
>etc.
>3) The institutionalization of a temporary Presidential Oversight Committee
>(POC), which would balance and check the power and control of the
>Constitutional President, but would operate year round.
>4) The definition of the POC's roles, responsibilities, powers,
>constraints, etc.
>5) The rules and procedures by which the POC oversees the executive power
>of the CP.
>
>I do not offer the actual text of the Section 5 recommendation ... I think
>this should be a group process, and recommend we continue further
>discussions on Section 5 on [EMAIL PROTECTED] I encourage all members to
>participate, and provide their valuable input in a timely manner. I
>recommend Section 5 discussion end in a timely manner, and the matter drawn
>up and advertised for a full vote.
>
>For your convenience, some relevant sections of the JOS Constitution
>concerning the extraordinary nature of this measure.
>
>Omega Bodhi
>
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>
>
>JOS Constitutional Sections
>
>4.2 Voting issues shall be classified as "ordinary" and "extraordinary".
>"Extraordinary" votes shall be reserved for
>changes to the Constitution. All other issues shall be decided by
>"ordinary" votes.
>
>4.3 A vote may be called by any voting member. If a voting member wishes to
>call a vote then this shall be advertised
>for a minimum number of days prior to the start of the vote in the manner
>described in the policy book. The minimum
>number of days shall be 7 for "ordinary" votes and 14 for "extraordinary"
>votes. The advertisement shall specify one
>member who has agreed to second the vote and a member who has agreed to act
>as a neutral administrator of the
>vote. The advertisement shall also specify the proposed wording of the
>question to be asked in the vote.
>
>
>
>
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