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@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@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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