On 12 Sep 02  09:11:39, Scott Little said the following to Bob Short:

SL>  BS> Zone Coordinator Counsel (or their delegate) shall fulfill the
 
SL> Council.  The Council offers their counsel on the matter...

Noted and corrected, thanks.  My spell checker failed to catch that.
That's what I get for using a digital crutch.  ;-)

SL>  BS> Upon successful initiation and referendum, the International
SL>  BS> Coordinator must announce and conduct a ballot to ratify a Policy
SL>  BS> amendment. The actual voting mechanism, including how the ballots are
SL>  BS> collected, verified, and counted, is left to the discretion of the
SL>  BS> International Coordinator.
 
SL> This step is unnecessary, unless modifications to the proposal are permitte
SL> between ballots.  It's also vague - the IC can rig the ballot procedure to 
SL> favour his opinion.  You might as well just say the IC has final say either
SL> and avoid yet another round of votes.

We bandied that about some time ago, and came to the conclusion that
this area was best left intact (for the moment).  We have an IC who
is amicable to an amendment, so we'll leave such changes for future
trials.  :)

Bob

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