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DATE | 2003-03-23 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IMPORTANT ELECTION INFORMATION
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From owner-hangout-desteny-at-mrbrklyn.com Sun Mar 23 07:53:54 2003 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h2NCrsN1030967 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:53:54 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h2NCrsbA030966 for hangout-desteny; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:53:54 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h2NCrrN1030958; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:53:53 -0500 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h2NCrriY030957; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:53:53 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:53:53 -0500 From: Ruben Safir To: Mike Richardson - Jounal Committee NYLXS Cc: Ruben Safir , vin , hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [hangout] IMPORTANT ELECTION INFORMATION Message-ID: <20030323125353.GA30698-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> References: <20030323031324.GA20802-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ruben Safir List: New Yorkers Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribename-at-domian.com to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Keywords: X-UID: 9356 Status: RO Content-Length: 4883 Lines: 123
Set up a rules committee first
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:50:56AM -0500, Mike Richardson - Jounal Committee NYLXS wrote: > I want a recount. > > On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > > > I think we can handle 20 ballots > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 10:06:14PM -0500, vin wrote: > > > > > > The ballots aren't punchcards with chads, are they? > > > > > > Vin. > > > > > > On Saturday 22 March 2003 21:54, Dave Williams wrote: > > > > At the beginning of the charter are definitions of voting members and > > > > voting students. > > > > > > > > The section you mentioned then says that the entire membership must > > > > vote. The contradiction is that only eligible members can vote, not the > > > > entire membership. > > > > > > > > Fortunately a following section repeats the statement that only "voting > > > > members and students" can vote. If you meant "the entire collection of > > > > qualified voting members" then that should be cleared up. But I don't > > > > think it's realistic. I'm not sure there has been an election recently > > > > with 100% turnout. Not even in Switzerland. > > > > > > > > IMPORTANT: The date of March the 31st is for absentee ballots to be > > > > returned by mail. The election is on the 24th. If you can't vote in > > > > person you have to send a request for an absentee ballot to > > > > djw23-at-drexel.edu. It must include your mailing address, and it must be > > > > received by Monday the 24th. This is the third time I've explained > > > > this. > > > > > > > > We have set things up so that everyone who wants to vote can vote. On > > > > the 31st you will know who won each office, how many eligible > > > > members/students voted, and a breakdown of the number of votes received > > > > by each candidate for each office. > > > > > > > > That is all we can do. If the results aren't satisfactory the Board can > > > > then make other arrangements. Otherwise the new officers can assume > > > > their responsibilities on April 1. Either way, our work is done. > > > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 16:40, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean...where is the contradiction? > > > > > > > > > > We put in that the majority has be from the entire membership so that the > > > > > organization couldn't be hijacked by a small number of organized members. > > > > > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > > > The charter also defines a qualified voting member in two places, and > > > > > > then says that the ENTIRE membership has to vote in another place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Obviously that is a contradiction. Other than that, the process > > > > > > requires 48 hours notice and secret balloting, which we have provided. > > > > > > > > > > > > On behalf of the election committee, I would like to say that we will > > > > > > hold elections and total the votes. Regardless of the participation, > > > > > > we will provide the results to NYLXS and you can do what you see fit > > > > > > with them. On March 31st that process will be completed. > > > > > > > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > ____________________________ > > > > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > > > Fair Use - > > > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > > > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc > > > > > > > > > ____________________________ > > > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > > Fair Use - > > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc > > > > -- > > __________________________ > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > __________________________ > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS http://fairuse.nylxs.com > > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > 1-718-382-0585 > > ____________________________ > > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > Fair Use - > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc > >
-- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions __________________________ DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS http://fairuse.nylxs.com
http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn....
1-718-382-0585 ____________________________ NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene Fair Use - because it's either fair use or useless.... NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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