Vittorio Bertola wrote:
==> 6.d and 11.b, majorities necessary to recall officers and amend the rules - as agreed, here is a recap of different proposals:
1. Initial proposal
10 votes in favour.
Examples: If 7 vote, fails for no quorum. If 10 vote, 10 must be in favour. If all vote, 10 must be in favour (66%).
2. Wendy's proposal
Simple majority of those who vote, quorum of 2/3.
Examples: If 7 vote, fails for no quorum. If 10 vote, 6 must be in favour. If all vote, 8 must be in favour.
3. Izumi's proposal
2/3 majority of those who vote, quorum of 2/3.
Examples: If 7 vote, fails for no quorum. If 10 vote, 7 must be in favour. If all vote, 10 must be in favour.
4. A possible compromise?
2/3 majority of those who vote, quorum 2/3, *and* simple majority of the committee.
Examples: If 7 vote, fails for no quorum. If 10 vote, 8 must be in favour. If all vote, 10 must be in favour.
My opinion => The initial proposal purposedly makes it hard to do these two things, because changes to fundamental rules need to be broadly shared,
I don't think we have enough claim to bind future ALACs. I stand by my proposal or Izumi's. --Wendy and because a recall vote in the middle of a 1-year term is
going to be highly controversial anyway. Personally I would like to see these things happen only when there is almost full consensus in the Committee, rather than running into the risk of them happening too often as an ordinary tool of internal "discussion". Also, I'd be afraid of a system that allows a minority of the Committee to take such a decision under any conditions - that's why I think that #4 might be an interesting compromise.
Ciao,
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