Hi Hilmar, Completely reasonable request; unfortunately I don't have an easy way to do that, since I didn't have Bdale's source document. I copied and pasted from the PDF into a fresh LibreOffice document, fixed most of the formatting issues manually, and proceeded from there. The lack of a diff is a big part of why I tried to summarize the changes in my email, and why I put item #6 in my summary of changes.
If Bdale happened to use LibreOffice or something compatible, I could try to generate a diff after getting the source document from him if LibreOffice has a way to do that. I'm not sure about either of those "if"s and suspect the diff would be noisy anyway due to the reformatting. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [email protected] On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:02:33AM -0500, Hilmar Lapp wrote: > Jimmy - is there a way to produce the PDF such that the changes are > highlighted? Or is there another way to directly compare previous to proposed? > > -hilmar > > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 12:07 AM, Jimmy Kaplowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've attached a PDF with a draft set of SPI bylaws to replace the current > > set, > > for your discussion and input. It's based on the draft which Bdale sent to > > spi-general earlier this year, with certain changes: > > > > 1) Tried to take into account the various feedback I remember from the prior > > discussion. > > 2) Preserved our existing practice of making directors contributing members > > by > > virtue of their position during their time in office. > > 3) Fixed various grammar and language issues, and probably worsened some > > document formatting issues unrelated to substance that would be fixed for a > > final draft. > > 4) Retained a more modest-threshold version of the members' current say on > > bylaws amendments, but combined that with Bdale's desire for the board to be > > able to make amendments with low hassle when the members don't object, and > > to > > handle any urgently needed amendments on a short-term provisional basis with > > extra checks and balances. > > 5) Better implemented our existing intent to stagger the board's terms of > > office evenly across several years, partly by reference to an option in NY > > state law but with a bunch of extra nuance and detail. > > 6) Any changes I forgot to include in this summary. I didn't leave anything > > out > > intentionally, of course, but this is a reminder to review the whole > > document. > > > > Looking forward to hearing what you think and iterating as necessary! Once > > we > > get to a point where reaction is generally positive and the remaining > > feedback > > is minor, I'll address any such minor feedback, involve SPI's lawyers to > > get a > > properly compliant final draft, and propose a vote for the board to send to > > the > > members. This vote will not happen this month but could be any future month, > > depending on when we get to that point. > > > > Thanks for your feedback. > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > [email protected] > > <spi-draft-bylaws-nov2016.pdf>_______________________________________________ > > Spi-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general > > -- > Hilmar Lapp -:- lappland.io > > > _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
