On Tuesday 07 December 2010 16:44:36 Xyne wrote:
Peter Lewis wrote:
Do we require that a proposal has only "yes" and "no" as options, as well as "abstain"? Could a proposal present a list of options? How would this affect the voting, or should it not be allowed? (If not, I think we should state explicitly what is [only] allowed.)
For now those are the only options available on the interface, so we don't need to consider anything else.
I agree. Let's say so then in the byelaws.
Eventually "Standard Voting Procedure" could be changed to "Simple Voting Procedure" and another procedure could be introduced for anything beyond an accept/reject motion.
Indeed :-)
In answer to your "normally" point, perhaps:
"The duration of the voting period shall be 7 days unless determined otherwise according to the nature of the proposal and as described elsewhere in the bylaws."
I tried to find a natural-sounding formulation using "unless" too but couldn't. I think it's because I already had "... nature of the proposal..." in my head. I agree with the use of "unless" but not the proposed statement.
I've used "UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal." in the updated version below.
Good stuff. Oops, I just saw you replied again... will reply to that...