Very Well Sabrina, thanks for the clarification. Best Regards On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot@isoc.org> wrote:
Please note that following the naming convention for Chapters of the Internet Society, the Chapter would be called "Internet Society Kenya Chapter".
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On 1 Dec 2011, at 18:01, McTim wrote:
my nits;
The name of this Society is the Internet Society Kenya Society
Can it just be "The name of this Society is the Internet Society Kenya" ?
(6)No member convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding 6 years or a violation of these By-Laws within 3 years prior to the date of his election of appointment shall qualify as a trustee.
Why six years? If I shoot someone and only get 5 years, I can still be a trustee?
"(5)A quorum for a General Meeting shall consist of a third of active members."
I think that is a 'big ask", but may be wrong.
Miscellaneous
"In the event of an ambiguity in the interpretation of any provision of these By-laws, the Board of Trustees shall resolve such ambiguity, and the By-laws shall be amended to reflect such resolution in accordance with ISOC procedures."
which ISOC procedures? the global or local?
"No official business of the Society, the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee, or any Standing Committee shall be conducted unless a quorum of the relevant body is present, as the case may be."
What constitutes a quorum?
"In the event of any tie votes of the general membership, the Chair shall have a casting vote."
meaning "deciding vote"? If so why not say that?
"Unless otherwise specifically provided for in these By-laws, a simple majority of the members of the relevant body (as the case may be), who are present and voting shall be required to carry a motion or nomination."
see quorum comment above.
"These By-laws or any provision thereof may be amended or repealed by a majority vote of the members at any General meeting duly held for the purpose."
What if the GM is NOT held for the purpose, but is an AGM? I would strike the phrase "duly held for the purpose"
"All proposed changes to these By-laws shall have been approved by at least 20 members before being presented to the Society members for a vote."
How do 20 people approve of it before it is voted on?
So we have simple majority at times (could be 2 out of 3 people at a meeting), a quorum (undefined) required at other times, but nothing can be voted on unless 20 ppl approve?
In general, it is a very heavyweight structure, requiring lots of volunteer time (membership committee, budget committee, lots of officers, etc.
Can we sustain such a structure?
-- Cheers,
McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
On 11/21/11, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All, Please go through the By-Laws and send in your comments, we need to hand in our Chapter application process by the beginning of November (1st week). We have finished our membership drive https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArDnnGk2dZYhdGJqV1ZrTzJibEk0MVV.... (minimum 25 members required) facilitated by Judy Okite. Grace Bomu has reviewed the by laws that are attached, i urge you all to go through the by laws and comment before we move to the next step. McTim, i gathered from discussions that i have had with members onlist and offlist that they would prefer a national chapter for starters, can you guide us in filling in the chapter application as i work on the issue of local registration this week?, we will need a membership meeting before the end of this month to ratify the bylaws and endorse the chapter application for submission to ISOC, i urge all of us to be involved, your opinion and contribution counts. Best Regards
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