[Members] updated memberlist
Kurt Zeilenga
Kurt.Zeilenga at Isode.COM
Fri Sep 9 12:46:52 UTC 2011
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
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