Since my new proposal was buried in the earlier thread, I am submitting the following:
Add the word "mandate" before the word "vote" in step 1, prong 3, so
that it would read:
- At least 1 week before the meeting at which a [mandate] vote on the amendment will be
held
This proposal is to bring greater clarity to the voting and drafting process, which I
believe has been a significant obstacle in knowing how to proceed.
The way it would work then, would be that a proposal is made for something - such as the
creation of a constable/ombudsperson/steward. To be precise, the mandate vote that is
called for does not constitute approval of the specific language that will modify the
Articles of Association.
If meeting the appropriate vote threshold, all members of Sudo Room are then invited to
propose language o effectuate that mandate.
The drafting process would work best as a consensus process if there are more than one
specific language proposals. Presumably, the language proposals, which can be only about a
part of implementing the mandate, not necessarily the whole thing. When there are
different proposals that articulate solutions from various perspectives, the
back-and-forth compromise & debate opens up the possibility of compromise and thus
consensus.
So, in order to do this in a performative fashion - I am officially proposing the Mandate
Vote proposal (not a change to the Articles of Association). I will put together a wiki
page that will include explanations of what problem is being addressed, how this will
solve it, and what other impacts can be anticipated.
If a mandate exists amongst Sudo Room members to put together a specific language
proposal, I will then invite commentary and suggestions p my proposed language. In this
case, very simply, the addition of the word mandate before vote in the Amendments
section.
As I've suggested for other drafting initiatives in order to allow for the broadest
participation in a structured way - this will be a 3-stage process. For ten days following
the vote - a GREEN draft will be distributed and discussion will focus at a more broad and
thematic level. For the 3 days following, an ORANGE draft will be up for discussion that
will work on sentence-level changes in the relevant parts of the draft. There will then be
1 day for word specific changes (only) before the draft text is submitted for consensus
approval.
If consensus is not achieved, no changes in the Articles are effectuated.
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