<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I also wouldn't particularly mind removing the clause about
the</div>
<div>executive committee being able to extend itself but since
we are</div>
<div>already proposing to delegate the authority of the board to
it for</div>
<div>most purposes it would be able to do anything it wants to
itself</div>
<div>anyways since it has the authority to rework it's terms of
reference.</div>
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So should we simplify the proposal to being that board decisions are
allowed to be proposed and approved by email?<div class="im"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cameron, </div><div><br></div><div>As a matter of corporate law we cannot do that (with the</div><div>exception of the existing exception in law that we can do </div>
<div>so if all all members approve the motion - the law talks</div><div>about in writing I believe). </div><div><br></div><div>However, we could form a committee, delegate it </div><div>many powers of the board, and have it use a different </div>
<div>voting mechanism. That is the essence of the Executive</div><div>Committee though it seems I may have taken too much</div><div>liberty in trying to go a bit further. </div><div><br></div><div>Not having anticipated this blow back I'm a bit unclear </div>
<div>how I want to proceed at this point. I'm inclined to drop</div><div>the matter but that may just be sour grapes on my part. </div><div><br></div><div>I'll look for additional feedback between now and the </div>
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