I propose an addendum to the resolution: We all go outside & do some
mapping.
It appears that some people have lost sight of what OSM is for. This
happens in many organisations when they get to a certain size & attract
'organisers'; - people who are not interested in its primary objective
but obsessed with the paraphernalia of instigating committees, meetings,
agenda, minutes, points of order etc.
They're just members of the B ark.
As an example, watch this Channel 4 program from 1994, if you have the
time: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-club/on-demand.
It's about a golf club's hierarchy where it turns out the chairman can't
swing a club to save his life.
Dave F.
On 26/11/2014 08:23, David Woolley wrote:
On 26/11/14 01:43, Dave F. wrote:
I'm pretty sure casting a vote via email isn't proxy.
The notice isn't a request to vote. Requests for special meetings,
and, I think any resolutions, from the members, are not binding unless
there is support from a certain proportion of those with voting
rights. What is being done here is attempting to demonstrate that
level of support. The document mentioned is not a valid call for a
meeting, it is rather a call for people to create a valid call for one.
At the stage at which the page was written, there was not even a
requirement to notify all the members.
The 5% represents a compromise between avoiding a small clique causing
disruption by continually calling meetings and the potential
difficulty that a proposer would have in contacting all the members
without help from the company, together with an allowance for the
proportion of members who would vote an anything.
When the actual meeting notice is issued, it is a legal requirement
that details of how to appoint a proxy are included in the meeting
notice.
I am fairly sure the resolutions would affect current directors; I
think they would require an explicit clause to exclude them.
Although I am not a full member, so can't vote on the resolution, it
seems to that the proponents should have provided some background
information, e.g. details of other companies implementing similar
rules, and the reasons they think they are necessary.
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