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From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <>
Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] Confusion Motion 05-24
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:38:20 -0600
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Now that I understand the procedure I won't disagree with you. I
have apologized once and will do so again.

Linda Haas Davenport
NC USGenWeb Project


----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: RE: [BOARD-L] Confusion Motion 05-24


| Linda,
|
| I believe the Bylaw that addresses voting and the SOP explain
very well how
| we are expected to vote and be counted.
|
| The first problem we ran into this session with voting was that
a vote was
| called with no time frame included and the results were
declared after only
| 22 hours and the outcome could have been different.
|
| What happened with this vote is clearly against what is in the
Bylaws & SOP.
|
| Linda B.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Linda Haas Davenport [mailto:]
| Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:41 PM
| To:
| Subject: [BOARD-L] Confusion Motion 05-24
|
|
| Before I read any of the 250+ e-mails I have received today I
| would like to explain why I declared motion 05-24 and then
| withdrew it and stated the voting could continue.
|
| I apologize for the confusion. I misunderstood the meaning of
our
| Voting SOP. My post this morning explains how I thought
declaring
| a vote was suppose to work. My thanks to John Schunk for taking
| the time to explain the correct procedure in detail. If I had
| read John's e-mail before my post this morning I would have
| withdrawn my declaring of the vote then. When I did read it,
and
| had the chance to talk to Josh, I posted the withdrawal and
| stated that voting could continue.
|
| The correct method for declaring a vote during the 48 hour
voting
| period is:
|
| A vote is be declared at any time during the 48 hour voting
| period when enough votes have been cast that the remaining
votes
| will not change the outcome. In other words, at any time during
| the voting period if 9 votes (a quorum) have been cast and 5 of
| those votes are no the vote is to be declared because the
| remaining votes even if all yes votes will not change the
| outcome. On the opposite side at any time 9 yes votes have been
| cast the vote is to be declared as the remaining votes will not
| effect the outcome. When in doubt the date/time stamp of the
vote
| will decide.
|
| Once we are past this motion I would very much like to see the
| Voting SOP modified to more accurately explain the above.
|
| Again, my apology.
|
| Linda Haas Davenport
| NC USGenWeb Project
|
|
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