-=> On 09-15-02  06:57, Philip Lozier <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Current P5 draft <=-

 PL> To be honest, my comfort level on something as serious as 
 PL> changing policy itself should require a manditory 
 PL> participation on the *C level, and a 2/3 (two thirds) 
 PL> affirmative vote required to enact the change.

   Two points on voting level requirements:
     The current policy requires that a majority of all RCs vote to
     consider a new policy, which has the same effect as a quorum
     requirement of 100%.   It is that extremely high bar that has (IMO)
     prevented any change to happen so far.

     The current policy has no quorum requirement on the final vote for
     a new policy -- if a policy got out from the RCs and was then only
     voted on by 10 of the 500+ eligible voters, it would pass with 6
     votes.   We are requiring more than that.

   The quorum requirements bring the first bar down, and raise the
   second one.

   As to mandatory participation -- we don't see how that could be
   enacted or enforced.

                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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