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From: Richard Harrison <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Re: The things you find in the bylaws
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:15:53 -0700


I agree with Teri the voting for replacement Board members should be
done confidentially. This should also apply to consideration of
grievances--whether or not a vote is actually taken on them. I interpret
Article VIII, Section 4 the bylaws to mean the PUBLIC voting records of
the Board members shall be posted publicly. I do not believe it
precludes private votes where appropriate.

I believe Miss Lindquist's request to be without merit.

It might be different if the Board were doing something at all out of
the ordinary or at all at odds with standard parliamentary procedure,
but we are not. "Secrecy" is not necessarily a pejorative word.

"Voting by Ballot. The main object of this form of voting is secrecy,
and it is resorted to when the question is of such a nature that some
members might hesitate to vote publicly their true sentiments. Its
special use is in the reception of members, elections, and trials of
members and officers, as well as in the preliminary steps in both cases,
and the by-laws should require the vote to
be by ballot in such cases. Where the by-laws do not require the vote to
be by ballot, it can be so ordered by a majority vote, or by general
consent." (Section 46, RRoO)

-Isaiah

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