Re: Amendment: automatic expiry-on-failure, to Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

[MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>]

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Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:37:02PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> > AMENDMENT START
> > ========================================================================
> > Replace "too small" with "thought to be too small, but there is a
> > lack of evidence about the correct level".
> > 
> > Replace clause c with "c) if general resolutions are proposed but none
> > receives the required number of seconds in a year, this resolution
> > expires and the required number of seconds returns to K."
> > ========================================================================
> > AMENDMENT END
>
> Seconded, in principle, but it has some issues:
> - What if no GRs are proposed in the first year?

Then the "if general resolutions are proposed" condition isn't
satisfied and clause c isn't active - in effect, the expiry clock
hasn't started.  How can it be made clearer?

> - You should probably make it explicit that DPL elections do not count
>   :-)

I thought the constitution was pretty obvious that DPL elections are
not general resolutions (for example, "5.2. Appointment" says "The
quorum is the same as for a General Resolution") but to be clear, how
about adding "under sections 4.1.2 to 4.1.6 (inclusive) of the current
constitution" after "proposed" in clause c?

Or "4.1.2 to 4.1.7" but I feel appointing a secretary should be
excluded if appointing a DPL is, because that's another
automatically-triggered GR, although it's rarer.

Thanks,
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MJR/slef
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