On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 21:50, Michelle Olson wrote: > >> Peter Tribble wrote: >>> Looking at the current policies, as listed on the web page: > > Thanks for getting us started, Peter, nice work. > >>> * OGB 2008/002 OGB Policy pertaining to the Constitution >>> >>> Needs further thought in the light of any plans we may make to deal >>> with constitutional >>> reform. >>> >> >> Agreed. My initial thinking is to modify this policy as follows: >> >> OGB Policy pertaining to the Constitution >> >> -Seek to work within the existing Constitution wherever possible. >> -In cases where there is an apparent obstacle, draft and submit a >> Constitutional Amendment to the next Annual Meeting. > > Since we're almost all agreed that we should replace the constitution in its > entirety with the new one, I suggest we leave this untouched until we have > the new constitution in place, and then adopt suitable wording like this > reflecting our then-current intent. It is /not/ our current intent to make > amendments to the constitution currently in force but rather to craft a new > one based largely on the current draft.
Hi Simon - I think we need to "touch" this policy, because of this line: "Rather than focusing the OGB's energies on updating the constitution..." which clearly is not in line with our plans :-) So, perhaps we need to just not adopt this one at all for this year. Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
