[Members] updated memberlist

[Kurt Zeilenga]

On Sep 9, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Florian Zeitz wrote:
> 
> As much as I like to have Fritzy in the council I disagree.
> There have been many complaints lately about members failing to perform
> their duties (voting in that case). I think reapplying is one of them if
> you want to retain your membership.

And having auto-membership introduces other problems.

Assume a person re-running doesn't reapply because they assume it comes with council membership.   But then they don't get voted in.  So now they are neither on council or have a general membership.  One can argue that simply too bad for them.

I argue that having implied membership (or overloaded votes) is really a bad thing.  Membership should only be established (and maintained) by direct vote.   For this reason, I oppose a by-law change to grant membership other than direct vote.

I suggest that the council membership be changed to require membership to run for the office.

If a sitting council or current membership thinks it really bad to have a council member with an expired membership, they can take other action to remove the council remember.  So I don't see any need for auto-removal on membership expiration.  I have no problem whatsoever with Fritz serving out his term.

-- Kurt