Fwd: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2023-10-11 Thread Philippe Cloutier
 : Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest Date : Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:56:32 -0400 De :Philippe Cloutier Pour : spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org Copie à : Hilmar Lapp , henrik.i...@avoinelama.fi Hi Hilmar, On 19-04-15 12 h 32, Hilmar Lapp wrote: It seems the

Fwd: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2023-10-10 Thread Philippe Cloutier
bylaws of Software in the Public Interest Date : Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:47:04 -0400 De :Filipus Klutiero Pour : Tim Potter , spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org Thank you Tim, hi everyone, On 19-04-09 15 h 13, Tim Potter wrote: Hi everyone. The results fo the recent vote to replace the SPI

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-27 Thread Philippe Cloutier
Hi MJ, Le 19-04-26 à 13 h 44, MJ Ray a écrit : Bdale Garbee wrote: That's not a bad idea, but honestly, given the outcome of the recent vote, I too believe that just calling for the same vote again with the call for votes making it VERY clear that there are significant quorum issues with the

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-26 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi MJ, Bdale, and everyone else who's commented, On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 06:44:56PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Bdale Garbee wrote: > > > That's not a bad idea, but honestly, given the outcome of the recent > > vote, I too believe that just calling for the same vote again with the > > call for votes

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-26 Thread MJ Ray
Bdale Garbee wrote: > That's not a bad idea, but honestly, given the outcome of the recent > vote, I too believe that just calling for the same vote again with the > call for votes making it VERY clear that there are significant quorum > issues with the existing bylaws that make it very important

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-23 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 2019-04-18 06:51, schrieb Martin Michlmayr: Is there a process I can follow as an inactive member to get my account revoked? Don't won't to block anything for you ... You can email members...@spi-inc.org Thanks for the hint. Done. Best regards, Alexander

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-18 Thread Jonathan McDowell
On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 07:14:57AM -0400, David Graham wrote: > We may be missing the forest for the trees in this whole discussion... > > Resolution 2009-11-04.jmd.1 was specifically designed to avoid the > problem of quorum in anticipation of a by-laws referendum based on the > renewal process s

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-18 Thread David Graham
We may be missing the forest for the trees in this whole discussion... Resolution 2009-11-04.jmd.1 was specifically designed to avoid the problem of quorum in anticipation of a by-laws referendum based on the renewal process started in January of 2003. The contributing membership expiry resolut

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-17 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Alexander Reichle-Schmehl [2019-04-16 09:34]: > Is there a process I can follow as an inactive member to get my account > revoked? Don't won't to block anything for you ... You can email members...@spi-inc.org -- Martin Michlmayr https://www.cyrius.com/ ___

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-17 Thread Bdale Garbee
Hilmar Lapp writes: > Perhaps it would be better to divide the proposed changes into two > steps. The first would be to _only_ alter the section on bylaws > amendments to establish a more reasonable (i.e., realistically > attainable) quorum. That's not a bad idea, but honestly, given the outcome

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-16 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 2019-04-15 19:05, schrieb Milan Kupcevic: A two thirds quorum of the full membership is highly unlikely to ever be reached, so there’s the potential here that SPI will be forever locked into the current version of the bylaws. (I suppose the only way out would be to dissolve and re-incor

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-15 Thread Philippe Cloutier
Hi Hilmar, On 19-04-15 12 h 32, Hilmar Lapp wrote: It seems the current language of the section on amending the bylaws in essence require at least (= in the best case, i.e., 100% approving votes) a two thirds quorum for any (substantive, i..e., beyond listing of current officers) changes to t

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-15 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 4/15/19 12:32 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote: [...] > > A two thirds quorum of the full membership is highly unlikely to ever be > reached, so there’s the potential here that SPI will be forever locked > into the current version of the bylaws. (I suppose the only way out > would be to dissolve and re-

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-15 Thread Hilmar Lapp
It seems the current language of the section on amending the bylaws in essence require at least (= in the best case, i.e., 100% approving votes) a two thirds quorum for any (substantive, i..e., beyond listing of current officers) changes to the bylaws to pass. Even if that’s not what it states,

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-15 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 8:48 PM Filipus Klutiero wrote: > I wondered if I had been negligent, reading the voting communication too > fast, but after looking at my mailbox (which might be missing 1 mail), I > didn't find any indication that abstention effectively opposed the change. > Judging fr

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

2019-04-13 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Thank you Tim, hi everyone, On 19-04-09 15 h 13, Tim Potter wrote: Hi everyone. The results fo the recent vote to replace the SPI bylaws have been calculated. Out of 216 contributing members 129 votes were cast. 125 votes to accept the new bylaws to and 4 voted to not accept the new bylaws. Ar