[535] in UA Senate
Re: Bylaws Maintenance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Mon Apr 5 02:12:36 2010
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 02:12:33 -0400
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: Tim Stumbaugh <ua-speaker@mit.edu>
Cc: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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For some reason this was caught by my spam filter... Anyway, I spoke with
Tim about all of these earlier today and they make sense to me. I'm all fo=
r
it.
Tim, the second and fourth That clauses need quotation marks around the
quoted text.
-hwkns
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Tim Stumbaugh <ua-speaker@mit.edu> wrote:
> Here are my justifications for each of the that clauses.
> (I killed the senator appointment part after it was suggested to me that =
it
> is not the UA's responsibility to make sure that a constituency is
> represented =97 that's the constituency's job):
>
> First that clause (voting methods):
> I'm just trying to have the bylaws reflect what actually goes down in
> Senate. I'd also like to add flexibility for using different voting metho=
ds
> to improve efficiency.
>
> Second that clause (removal of absentee balloting):
> RONR strongly recommends against this. I think it goes against the spirit
> of Senate.
>
> Third that clause (removal of "non voting"):
> These words imply that Senate is not allowed to vote to suspend the rules=
,
> adjourn or any other incidental things that come up during a meeting. Tha=
t's
> sort of ... awkward. The last part of that clause already ensures that we
> only do budgets.
>
> Fourth that clause (nomcomm stuff):
> This is sort of what we've been going off of this year, so I'd just like =
to
> clarify it. There are also a couple of grammar things I clarified.
>
> Fifth that clause (amendment):
> In RONR, things that are on the table at the end of a meeting fall to the
> floor at the end of that meeting. This is not really what we want, and th=
is
> just clarifies it.
>
> So yeah, if you have any questions, let me know. Thanks,
> --
> -Tim
> "Can you put the past away?"
>
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For some reason this was caught by my spam filter...=A0 Anyway, I spoke wit=
h Tim about all of these earlier today and they make sense to me.=A0 I'=
m all for it.<br><br>Tim, the second and fourth That clauses need quotation=
marks around the quoted text.<br>
<br>-hwkns<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:2=
3 AM, Tim Stumbaugh <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ua-speaker@mit.=
edu">ua-speaker@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
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Here are my justifications for each of the that clauses.<br>
(I killed the senator appointment part after it was suggested to me that it=
is not the UA's responsibility to make sure that a constituency is rep=
resented =97 that's the constituency's job):<br>
<br>
First that clause (voting methods):<br>
I'm just trying to have the bylaws reflect what actually goes down in S=
enate. I'd also like to add flexibility for using different voting meth=
ods to improve efficiency.<br>
<br>
Second that clause (removal of absentee balloting):<br>
RONR strongly recommends against this. I think it goes against the spirit o=
f Senate.<br>
<br>
Third that clause (removal of "non voting"):<br>
These words imply that Senate is not allowed to vote to suspend the rules, =
adjourn or any other incidental things that come up during a meeting. That&=
#39;s sort of ... awkward. The last part of that clause already ensures tha=
t we only do budgets.<br>
<br>
Fourth that clause (nomcomm stuff):<br>
This is sort of what we've been going off of this year, so I'd just=
like to clarify it. There are also a couple of grammar things I clarified.=
<br>
<br>
Fifth that clause (amendment):<br>
In RONR, things that are on the table at the end of a meeting fall to the f=
loor at the end of that meeting. This is not really what we want, and this =
just clarifies it.<br>
<br>
So yeah, if you have any questions, let me know. Thanks,<br><font color=3D"=
#888888">
-- <br>
-Tim<br>
"Can you put the past away?"<br>
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