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OBE...Heather's put us both right...<br>I thought I had read the OPs correctly but obviously not - not enough morning coffee.. you too it seems (evening coffee)<br>Cheers<br>Colin W<br><br><div><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><JB: I'm with Colin Wallis here (noting I have no vote!) that LC stays in. The LC should elect it's own leadership, votes to Finalize Reports, <and determines if the OPs have been followed to allow for a Recommendation. I do suggest the below for clarity:<br>
<br><The following actions require a Majority of eligible voting membership<br><- Elections for Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary; <br><- Acceptance of final Reports <br><- Approval of Recommendations for LC initiation all-Member ballots.<br>
<I'm in line with the rest of the comments below. thx<br> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">As for <br><div class="ecxim">
<br>> * Procedures for handling nominations to any leadership position are not<br> >laid out in the OP. Are there any categories of Members/Participants that<br> >are NOT allowed to be nominated in to a position? Should there be a minimum<br>
> nomination period? Can anyone submit a nomination? Need to clarify these<br>> things.<br> <br></div>I think we take what has become routine practice..<br>Call for nominations..minimum 1 week till close<br>Any member/participant of KI in any membership category can be nominated/self nominate<div class="ecxim">
<br><br>> Colin S further raised the question as to whether Members who were not WG or<br>> DG chairs could be elected to the LC.<br><br></div>Again, use practice so far which I believe is..<br>Any WG member who holds an officer position ..Chair, VC, Sec can be elected to the LC<br>
<br>Cheers<br>Colin W <br><br><div><div></div>> From: <a href="mailto:email@colinsoutar.com">email@colinsoutar.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:heather@kantarainitiative.org">heather@kantarainitiative.org</a>; <a href="mailto:LC@kantarainitiative.org">LC@kantarainitiative.org</a><br>
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:45:16 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [KI-LC] First draft of a revised OP<div><div class="h5"><br>> <br>> Hi Heather -<br>> <br>> The suggested changes in the document look good to me, with one correction.<br>
> <br>> I believe that the line at the end of section 3.7 should be changed from:<br>> <br>> "The following actions require a Majority of the LC voting membership"<br>> <br>> to:<br>> <br>> The following actions require a Majority of the voting membership<br>
> <br>> i.e. "LC" should not be in this section.<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> <br>> Colin<br>> <br>> Colin Soutar, Ph.D.<br>> <a href="mailto:email@colinsoutar.com">email@colinsoutar.com</a><br>
> <a target="_blank">416 358 1431</a><br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:lc-bounces@kantarainitiative.org">lc-bounces@kantarainitiative.org</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:lc-bounces@kantarainitiative.org">lc-bounces@kantarainitiative.org</a>] On Behalf Of Heather Flanagan<br>> Sent: September-12-12 10:53 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:LC@kantarainitiative.org">LC@kantarainitiative.org</a><br>
> Subject: [KI-LC] First draft of a revised OP<br>> <br>> Hi all -<br>> <br>> A while back we had started talking about updating the By-Laws and Operating<br>> Procedures for Kantara. Here is a first draft of a revised OP (By-Laws will<br>
> come out later this week). I have turned on Track Changes so you can<br>> quickly see what has changed.<br>> <br>> A couple of questions were never fully answered when we were initially<br>> discussing this a few months back:<br>
> <br>> * Procedures for handling nominations to any leadership position are not<br>> laid out in the OP. Are there any categories of Members/Participants that<br>> are NOT allowed to be nominated in to a position? Should there be a minimum<br>
> nomination period? Can anyone submit a nomination? Need to clarify these<br>> things.<br>> <br>> Colin S further raised the question as to whether Members who were not WG or<br>> DG chairs could be elected to the LC.<br>
> <br>> Thoughts?<br>> <br>> -Heather<br>> <br>> --<br>> Heather Flanagan<br>> Kantara Initiative<br>> Skype: hlflanagan<br>> email: <a href="mailto:heather@kantarainitiative.org">heather@kantarainitiative.org</a><br>
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