[Fsfe-ie] Minutes from November 13 meeting (part 1)
Glenn Strong
Glenn.Strong at cs.tcd.ie
Sat Nov 15 12:31:33 CET 2003
Hi,
Here is the first part of the minutes of last Thursdays IFSO
meeting. Ciaran has the other part, and he will post them (I think he
may be waiting until I got a chance to post this).
My minutes concern only the discussion about IFSO draft rules.
IFSO Meeting, November 13 2003
Present:
Aidan Delaney
Mel McWeeney
Ben North
Ciaran O'Riordan
Glenn Strong
Malcolm Tyrrell
There was plenty of discussion about the IFSO rules, and we agreed the
following ("A" and "B" forms refer to the discussion draft circulated on
Thursday):
* There was a general consensus on the name IFSO
* We will use the simpler B form of the objects, and will add an
object 3 indicating a preference for issues related to Ireland. Some
sample wordings were
- "With focus on Ireland"
- "With priority given to Irish issues"
- "Prioritising issues particularly pertaining to Ireland"
- "Giving preference of priority to issues significantly relating
to Free Software promotion in Ireland"
* Substitute the phrase "Reduced rate" for "Student" in rule 1.2
* Use the "B" form of rule 1.3. It was observed that any case covered
by the "A" form should be covered by the phrasing of 1.1
* Quorum figures will be indicated in absolute figures,
(the "A" form) but a phrase will be inserted in rules 2.8 and 3.1
requiring the first AGM to review the rules (and probably
substitute a percentage).
* Postal voting proposals raised more issues than could be dealt with
at the meeting. Mel McWeeney volunteered to draft a voting
procedure to include in the next version of the rules.
* If there appears to be a consensus on the next draft of the rules
then we will attempt to meet to adopt them in two weeks (November
27). If this is unsuccessful we will consider meeting on
December 4. There will be the usual meeting on December 11 in any
event; earlier meetings would be solely to allow the organisation
to get off the ground quickly if the constitution has been agreed.
--
Glenn Strong
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