[LSC] LSC 2007-2008 procedures

[William Howard]

I think the simply majority for voting worked well last year, especially as it meant we were not crippled when one of our members was unavailable (and that included me for 3 months of the year!) - so I'd say stick with it.

With regards to vacancies, unless someone actually resigns, it's quite hard to determine that someone is no longer active.  And I'm not sure it's that big a deal, as unless the group drops to two voting members, it's still possible to get things done :-)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Travis Cobbs 
  To: LDraw Standards Committee 
  Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:21 PM
  Subject: [LSC] LSC 2007-2008 procedures


  If you take a look at the LSC charter (my name for it; document is titled LSC Final Draft, which doesn't seem very descriptive), you'll see that it's up to the LSC itself to determine its procedures.  While not explicitly stated, there is an implication that this is to be done by each LSC.  So you might take a look at the charter here (specifically the Procedures section): 

  http://www.ldraw.org/Article382.html

  Last year, we decided that for votes, a simple majority would carry a vote, and that abstentions counted as a "no" vote.  Personally, I think this worked out fine, although having one of the members disappear meant that yes votes effectively required 3 out of 4, instead of the intended 3 out of 5.  We should probably come up with a procedure for filling an early vacancy, and define a vacancy by default.  (How long does a member have to be unresponsive before they're considered gone?) 

  Everything else was pretty open.  Anybody who wanted to could (and did) make a call for votes.  Anyone could bring up things they thought we should discuss, and we generally tried to accomplish the tasks that the community wanted accomplished.  William took the lead on a lot of the issues, particularly in the second half of the term. 

  I'm happy with the way things were handled last year, but am certainly open to changes.

  --Travis




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