effeietsanders at gmail
May 6, 2008, 11:29 AM
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2008/5/6, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton[at]gmail.com>:
> On 06/05/2008, effe iets anders <effeietsanders[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't want to nag too much here, but I am just wondering and
> > curious. The current bylaws state that they can be changed only on
> > meetings and special meetings, given 10 days notice in advance. I
> > assume this 10 day period is followed etc, but the point is here the
> > meeting thing. If I look back in these (old) bylaws, to the section
> > meetings, it states that a resolution with all signatures of the board
> > members on it has the same force as a meeting. (I am no lawyer, and do
> > not know if the same goes for bylaw alterations) Maybe it would be
> > good, for the record, to ask Frieda to vote on this resolution after
> > all to get straight with this? (Or is this not needed, as I missed
> > something?) For my comments on the content of the changes, I refer to
> > my statements made elsewhere.
>
>
> That same section also includes the sentence:
>
> "A quorum shall consist of a least the majority of Trustees. "
>
> One person missing isn't a problem - they still had a quorum.
>
As I understood it, this was not voted upon during a meeting (please
correct me if I am wrong) but with not-real-time electronic
communication. Again, maybe I'm making fuzz over nothing, but I would
hate it if this would break us up in a much later stage.
BR, lodewijk
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