Here's what Stephen and I suggested:
A minimum of one third of the members can call for a Special Resolution
Meeting, with notice given to all members at least 7 days in advance.
However, a majority of two thirds of the members' votes shall be required to
remove a director, or the whole Board.
Abbas.
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:55 +0300
From: oslimoke(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
Abbas,
I suggest
we say 10% of the members can call for a "Special Meeting"
to express a vote of no confidence in the board.However such a vote
should only be considered valid if atleast 30% of the members partake
in it and that the voting out of the board/resolution should be
supported by 50% +1 of the voting members(i.e the 30% present)....
May I try to interpret what you are saying in actual figures?
10% of ~20 members = 2 members.30% of ~20 members = 6 members51% of the
6
members = 4 members
So therefore in simpler terms, what you are saying is that at least 2
members can call for a Special Resolution and the vote is only
considered
valid if at least 6 members partake in the voting and the voting out of
the
board should be supported by at least 4 members?
If this is what you are implying, I disagree with it. Once again, I
borrow
precedence from Wikimedia Deutschland's case (mentioned earlier
upthread)
where they require a majority to remove the Board. 6 out of 20 members
is
not a majority.
Your interpretation is correct.And yes that's my thought and the %
were arbitrary.We could revise them upwards.Plus am considering the
fact that definitely not all members will be present nor would partake
in the elections.Maybe we revise the % upwards??
Regards,
--
Limoke Oscar,
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