Vote on 3 Policy Labels: Difference between revisions
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
There has been an idea going around that the Board of Directors can create policy if it | There has been an idea going around that the Board of Directors can create board voted policy if it meets certain qualifications. | ||
Under the section: [[bylaws#Issues Proper for a Vote of the Directors]] | Under the section: [[bylaws#Issues Proper for a Vote of the Directors]] | ||
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to fulfill any obligations to ensure the health of the organization. | to fulfill any obligations to ensure the health of the organization. | ||
* The word "obligations" and the phrase "health of the organization" can be interpreted in a lot of ways | |||
* There are a lot of ways a policy can be written that fufill obligations, and I feel the membership should be guaranteed, a hand in that process, as we are with member votes | |||
* A policy produced by a minority of the membership without feedback from the general membership can not hope to attain the the same rigor in quality standards that a membership vote has. | |||
=== Misconceptions === | |||
* This proposal does not grant the ability to vote to break the law. See [[Bylaws#Issues_Proper_for_a_Vote_of_the_Membership]]. | |||
* If the space has made contractual obligations in the past, those contractual obligations continue to hold, and additional policy is optional. | |||
== Language == | == Language == | ||
