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Good Newwws, Everyone!<br>
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The HamWAN board of directors cast a unanimous vote tonight
accepting a slightly modified version of the proposed constitution.
Our constitution has now been published at the <a
href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Constitution&structure=HamWAN">Constitution</a>
page, and is in effect immediately.<br>
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Why is this management overhead good news? We finally have an
official process for making decisions! So if someone wants to spend
HamWAN money, there's a way to go about it that's completely above
board, in the light of day, using a unanimously agreed upon process,
and without any ill feelings.<br>
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There are plenty of other benefits, such as defining director
election / removal procedures, but the biggest benefit is the
ability to make official decisions in a quick and sanctioned way.
Tremendous progress!<br>
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Over the next few weeks the board will be working on defining our
By-Laws, which will fill in the specific details of the generic
language found in the constitution. We will follow Article VII of
the constitution to bring the By-Laws into effect. This calls for a
>=66% in-support vote, cast by HamWAN project members, not just
board members. Non-voting members will not be counted as per our
new constitution.<br>
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In creating the constitution, I wanted to shift the power and
control to those people who are actively engaged in the project.
Those who are contributing. There is no concept of quorum. All
voting procedures, with the exception of director removal votes, are
counted based on participating member/director votes only.
Abstaining from voting does not block any decisions.<br>
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I won't rant about this any more. Read the Constitution page. It's
really short...by design. :)<br>
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--Bart<br>
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