[DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA

[Julian Kift]

Larry,
 
Ed wrote; "The way the by-laws read now, you have to have a majority of votes by POCA members in good standing, that means to change anything now we need 500+ votes, but with this new article 10 not only will it allow electronic voting, but future votes will be by POCA members as a majority of votes cast."
 
So I read that as a move away from a majority of the POCA membership required to pass a by-law amendment vote i.e. 501 out of a 1000 membership to the last portion of the paragraph whereby futue votes "will be by POCA members as a majority of the votes cast" so if only 100 votes are cast the majority carries at 51.
 
One can argue that if you don't vote you don't get your say, but POCA has a history of sending these amendemnts out snuck in a Newsletter with short deadlines for voting, so I believe there would need to be other language to the amendment to ensure that all resaonable efforts are taken to inform POCA members of a propsed change and enable each to cast a vote. Obviously the ability to cast a vote electronically greatly aids in that regard.
 
Or we could juxt go a an Electoral College voting system so CA gets by far the largest say!
 
Julian
 
To: detomaso at poca.com; julian_kift at hotmail.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA
From: fresnofinches at aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:58:58 -0500

Julian wrote:

how that has morphed into a small majority of POCA members being able to decide for all



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WHAT are you referring to?



I've read Ed's post multiple times, and I have no idea.



Please clarify.  Thanks,



Larry


 		 	   		  
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   Larry,

   Ed wrote; "The way the by-laws read now, you have to have a majority of
   votes by POCA members in good standing, that means to change anything
   now we need 500+ votes, but with this new article 10 not only will it
   allow electronic voting, but future votes will be by POCA members as a
   majority of votes cast."

   So I read that as a move away from a majority of the POCA membership
   required to pass a by-law amendment vote i.e. 501 out of a 1000
   membership to the last portion of the paragraph whereby futue votes
   "will be by POCA members as a majority of the votes cast" so if only
   100 votes are cast the majority carries at 51.

   One can argue that if you don't vote you don't get your say, but POCA
   has a history of sending these amendemnts out snuck in a Newsletter
   with short deadlines for voting, so I believe there would need to be
   other language to the amendment to ensure that all resaonable efforts
   are taken to inform POCA members of a propsed change and enable each to
   cast a vote. Obviously the ability to cast a vote electronically
   greatly aids in that regard.

   Or we could juxt go a an Electoral College voting system so CA gets by
   far the largest say!

   Julian
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   To: detomaso at poca.com; julian_kift at hotmail.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA
   From: fresnofinches at aol.com
   Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:58:58 -0500
   Julian wrote:
how that has morphed into a small majority of POCA members being able to decide
for all


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WHAT are you referring to?


I've read Ed's post multiple times, and I have no idea.


Please clarify.  Thanks,


Larry