[Foundation-l] Bylaws update

[effe iets anders]

2008/5/6, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton op gmail.com>:
> On 06/05/2008, effe iets anders <effeietsanders op 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