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

2019-04-15 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 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 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