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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Sorry for sounding like a broken record
to some: there are no EGMs or AGMs any more under UK law, there
are simply general meetings, there is not even a requirement to
have any at all (that is why we are suggesting adding such a
clause to the articles at the GM in Argentina) and you could just
as well have one on 365 days of the year.<br>
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The board could realistically schedule a GM with or without
elections in March or April, remote participation is possible
since last year so there are multiple ways to participate.
Obviously this depends on the board actually agreeing to do so
except if you want to require one via the mechanics of a request
by the members (needs 5% of the regular members). As I've pointed
out there are other reasons to disassociate the meeting from SOTM
in any case so I wouldn't expect much resistance.<br>
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Simon<br>
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Am 23.10.2014 17:23, schrieb Kathleen Danielson:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Frederik,
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<div>You've got a few really interesting ideas in here.
Some quick questions:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Thu, Oct
23, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Frederik Ramm <span
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<span><br>
On 10/23/2014 01:25 PM, Richard Fairhurst
wrote:<br>
> Absolutely no force required. I would
hope that the existing board<br>
> members would recognise the virtue of a
fresh mandate and a clean start.<br>
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</span>A radical step, but I like it. I'd be
more than happy to withdraw my<br>
candidacy if there was a spirit of rebooting.
We wouldn't even need<br>
seven new candidates; we could simply elect a
few and they could then<br>
add new un-elected board members as they like
(article 79 in the AoA).<br>
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<div>I really like this idea, although, as I
acknowledged earlier, I definitely know there
are some challenges. </div>
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Instead of rushing through such an
unprecedented measure, we could also<br>
do it in a more orderly fashion: Have this
year's AGM decide that the<br>
board should prepare to resign altogether at
the next AGM, and prepare<br>
the election of a full new board. This event
would then be known long in<br>
advance and people would have time to prepare
their bids for a seat on<br>
the rebooted body. Independent of the actual
legal powers of the AGM,<br>
certainly no board member could ignore such an
express declaration by<br>
the very people they're serving.<br>
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<div>What if we had some sort of compromise, and
we asked the membership if we could hold another
AGM in 3 months, followed 2 weeks (or so) later
by an election? We've already talked about
decoupling it from SOTM, and given what a global
project it is, it's unrealistic to expect a
majority of voting members to be able to attend
SOTM. I haven't checked the bylaws, but I would
guess there's no rule against having *more* than
one AGM per year. OSM-US has started holding our
AGMs remotely. I'm sure other groups do as well.</div>
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<div>If we did a 3 month time scale, we still
wouldn't be making rash decisions, but we would
have more chance of maintaining the momentum
we've seen over the past month or so. The
current board could also focus energy on
preparing things so that there can be a smooth
transition, even if there is high turnover in
the board. </div>
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Another thing, while we're throwing doors wide
open. In many political<br>
systems around the world, the electorate
doesn't elect a group of people<br>
with wildly different goals. Instead, people
form parties and the<br>
electorate decides for a party, and the party
will then form the<br>
government. (Grossly simplifying, I know.)
That way, people in<br>
government have to fight each other to a much
lesser degree than they<br>
would if government were comprised of people
following different<br>
political views and goals.<br>
<br>
By appointing seven directors individually, on
the one hand we have the<br>
advantage that they can keep each other in
check; we, as the electorate,<br>
don't have to be super careful, if we elect
someone who's incompetent or<br>
a kleptomaniac, the others on the board will
hopefully notice and fix it<br>
somehow. On the other hand, there's the danger
of seeding the board with<br>
a couple of difficult personalities that make
life hard and reduce<br>
productiveness for the rest of them.<br>
<br>
Should we perhaps vote for "teams"? Just like
a team can assemble and<br>
bid for holding a SotM, should we allow a team
to bid for being the OSMF<br>
board for a year?<br>
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<div>This is a really fun idea. I'm not sure if I
agree with it, but I LOVE the creative thinking
for the organization of OSMF. </div>
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Bye<br>
<span><font color="#888888">Frederik<br>
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