Re: votes

[krandall@world.std.com]

At 07:55 AM 11/11/99 -0500, Neil wrote:
>1.Dave Lass to negotiate with Gomberg
> over AGA's participation with PAM           YES

I vote yes based on this ammendment also.

>  [as I said in my earlier message, YES should not mean that we necessarily
>agree to ACCEPT the terms... only to DEFINE them. Some of the terms may be
>conditional and among other things can say that we wait a while before AGA
>decides. If Bob agrees to adopt this modification, then the MC should have
>the ability to resubmit their votes. In general, calls for votes should
>have a second, a chance for amendment, discussion and then a vote. We all
>know that would take too long in our email forum, so can we be flexible here.]

I agree.

>2. How long should I wait before counting
>the votes?                                   1 week
>  [I would like to modify the motion to add a provision for an additional 1
>week for "absentee ballots"... e.g. when a voting member was on vacation or
>has another good reason why they are late]

I think this makes sense.  I also think that as a courtesty to the group,
and to help Bob manage the process better, we should _try_ to inform the
group when we will be out of E-mail range for more than a few days, and
could potentially miss a vote.  There may be times where time constraints
mandate that the vote be taken anyway, but most times it would be fine to
wait for someone to get back from a vacation before closing the vote.

>3. accept Bob McCaw's offer to do
>our incorporation for free?               YES

Absolutely!

>A difficulty for me in keeping up with these fast moving discussions is
>that I subsribe to the "digest form" of the aga-mcm list. This means that I
>only see the discussions once per day. However, it also means that I am
>usually responding late or out of sequence. In this case, the vote could
>over (based on a simple majority) before I even knew it had happened.
>Another difficulty is that I do not read these messages every day. In
>general I do, but I will be away for the next 3 days. I hope the AGA is
>here when I get back <g>.
>--Neil

I get the digest too... otherwise I'd _never_ keep up with the E-mail I
get.  So people _do_ have to recognize that you need a _full_ 24 hour cycle
before you are sure everyone has seen your post.

Karen