I am of very mixed feelings about this announcement. "Darren O. Benham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Per section A.5 ("Expiry") of the constitution, both John Goerzen's General > Resolution regarding non-free, and Anthony Towns's amendment thereto, have > expired. The recent vote was conducted in error, and its ballots are > hereby voided and the results have not been tabulated. On the one hand, I am glad that you are, finally, following the Constitution. However, by the same token, I am EXTREMELY concerned and VERY unhappy that YOUR own IRRRESPONSIBILITY and flagrant disregard of your duties, responsibilities, and the Constitution have put us in this mess. THE ONLY REASON IT EXPIRED WAS DUE TO YOUR OWN IRRESPONSIBILITY OR PERSONAL BIAS. I feel it is extremely disconcerting that our Secretary has the power to kill any resolution he doesn't like simply by appearing to be gone (whether he is or not). Furthermore, I find it even more surprising that the Secretary did not feel that the amendment had expired prior to conducting the vote, but after he has the results of the vote, feels differently. Finally, this pattern of ignorance, irresponsibility, or whatever you want to call it is continuing in that both Branden's and Manoj's proposals have ALSO been ignored in a similar fashion. I think it may be time to investigate the possibility of replacing the Secretary with a more responsible person, and furthermore, to amend the Constitution to remove from the Secretary the ability to single-handedly kill any GR that he doesn't like or doesn't feel warrants his time. -- John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.complete.org Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com #include <std_disclaimer.h> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>