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From: Holly Timm <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Election Study Committee
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 10:25:15 -0500


At 10:08 PM 9/6/00 -0500, RootsLady wrote:
>I would very much like to see the USGenWeb Project have a "Standing Election
>Committee". It appears that this motion to form a committee to "study" what
>might be needed by such a "standing" committee and not for the appointing of
>a "standing" committee itself. I sincerely hope that I am reading the
>motion correctly because I'm afraid that by adoption of said motion, to act
>as a standing committee itself, we would once again be in a "top heavy" mode
>because the top membership of the committee is part of the motion itself and
>those 5 involved would then decide "who" the rest of the persons within the
>committee would consist of.

The Motion clearly is for a study committee and specifically lists standing
committee as one of the subjects that needs study... should there be one?
what should its make-up be? its duties? and so forth all should be studied
and discussed and recommendatioins to the board and the project as a whole
be made.

>In addition, it has been reported that the Election Committee will be
>forthcoming with an Election Report with both majority and minority
>viewpoints. Before moving now to a vote on the below motion, I would
>respectfully ask
>it's maker and the board to allow the Election Committee Report/s to be
>reviewed first as the report/s might very well shed some light on what is
>needed and
>when. I also cannot see why allowing a couple of days for the report/s to
>be posted would
>hinder the Project from it's needs.

Such a report would certainly be of considerable interest to the Election
Study Committee as would any information about the experiences of those
involved in any of the past elections but I fail to see how the report from
the committee for the election just past could alter or change the need to
study the entire process. Any additional issues addressed by the EC report
not already specifically listed in the motion as an item for the study
committee would fall under item (d.) "Any and all other election issues
brought up by the committee
members or brought to their attention by others".

There has been virtually no discussion of this motion as it is, why stall
further, either the Board is in favor of studying the problems and needs in
the election process with representation and input from across the project
or it is not. I can think of absolutely nothing that could be in the
present EC's report that would alter the NEED for the study committee in
any way although the report itself should be highly desirable input to the
study committee.

>In other words, I move to extend the discussion period on this motion.

How long do you want to drag this issue out?

Holly Timm

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