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Statutes and Manifesto changes
Statutes changes proposals
Polishing the Statutes
Proposant: PP-CZ (Vojtěch Pikal)
Change: polish
Rational: This overall change aims to make the statutes more readable, usable and reliable by adding more numbering and improving the language.
Independent Council
Proposant: PP-CZ (Mikuláš Peksa)
Change:
| Original wording: | The Board will prepare the meetings and invite all members by email at least one month before the date of the Council meeting. In urgent cases this time may be shortened to an appropriate length. |
| Proposed wording: | The Board will prepare the meetings. All members shall be invited by email at least one month before the date of the Council meeting. In urgent cases this time may be shortened to an appropriate length. |
Rational: This slight change allows for the invitation to be send out by anybody, given that other set requirements to call a Council meeting are fulfilled.
No additional fees
Proposant: PP-CZ (Vojtěch Pikal)
Change:
| Original wording: | (2) The annual Membership Fees of the Association's Ordinary Members consist of a basic fee and an additional part based on decision of the Council. |
| (3) The membership fee will be multiplied by the number of additional and supplementary votes of each Ordinary Member. | |
| Proposed wording: | (2) The annual Membership Fees of the Association's Ordinary Members are multiplied by the number of additional or supplementary votes of each Ordinary Member. |
| The rest of Article 13 is renumbered accordingly. |
Rational: There is no basis what the additional part of the fee; I would not like to see discussion if some “rich Member” should pay more just, because it is rich. Fairness of the “equal fee times number of votes” is obvious and indisputable. Lets keep it this way.
Minimal one delegate for Observer members
Proposant: PP-CZ (Vojtěch Pikal)
Change:
| Original wording: | (3) Each Ordinary Member has a minimum entitlement of two delegates. |
| Proposed wording: | (3) Each voting Member has a minimum entitlement of two delegates. Other Members are entitled to one delegate. |
Rational: Suspended Ordinary members will have only one delegate. Observer members will have certainty of one delegate. Other participant are generally allowed.
Better election procedures
Proposant: PP-CZ (Vojtěch Pikal)
Change:
| Statutes change | |
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| Original wording: | (5) If only one candidate is to be elected, the candidate who gains more than 50% of the votes cast and most of the votes in the first round, is the person elected. Should no candidate gain more than 50% of the first round voting, a second round will be run between the two highest scoring candidates. The candidate who receives more than 50% of the votes cast and most of the votes in the second round is elected. (6) If several candidates are to be elected, the candidates who gain more than 50% of the votes cast in order of the highest result to the lowest are elected, until all positions are filled. If not enough candidates have reached 50% of the votes cast, a second round of voting will be held. In the second round only those candidates who got the highest number of votes will be eligible. The number of candidates shall be double the number of positions still needing to be filled. The candidates who gain more than 50% of the votes cast in order of the highest result to the lowest are elected in the second round, until all positions are filled. (8) Method of voting will be approval voting, meaning that every voter may have one vote per candidate. |
| Proposed wording: | (5) Method of voting will be approval voting, meaning that every voter may have one vote per candidate. Only candidates who gains more than 50% of the votes cast can be elected. Paragraphs detailing election method are omitted. Other paragraphs in Article 17. are renumbered accordingly. |
| Rules of Procedure change | |
| Proposed wording: | New Article 7. Art. 7 Elections (1) Election consists of two rounds of voting. (2) If fewer candidates than to be elected receives a majority of the votes, they are elected. Otherwise, a second round is held. (3) In the second round each voter may give preferential vote to as many candidates as should be elected. Candidates are elected in order of the number of preferential votes, in case of equality in the number of votes from the first round and then by lot. Other Articles are renumbered accordingly. |
Rational: The election procedures as listed in statutes are clunky, may result into deadlock or some unfairness. )i.e. tree candidates getting the same number of votes.)
It is reasonable to put just the provisions for election process into statutes and specify the rest in Rules of Procedure.
Inactivity of Board member by Board itself
Proposant: PP-CZ (Vojtěch Pikal)
Change: ….
Rational: As the election system is led out, there are some deadlock situation and not covered situations.