<div dir="ltr"><div>The constitution (s 41) says: <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><i>The Chair may (with the approval of the meeting) confer with Members and others by<br>radio, telephone, facsimile, computer, Internet, closed circuit television or other electronic<br>means of audio or audio-visual communication. Any resolution passed using such a system<br>is to be treated as having been passed at a meeting of the Members held on the day and at<br>the time the conference was held — even if the Members were not present together in one<br>place at the time. This clause does not limit the discretion of the Members to regulate their<br>meetings.</i></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> So I think using an internet-based remote electronic voting system over the course of a week would be reasonable?<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 12:14, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 13:32, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>the election itself</b> could be this General Meeting, with the membership resolving to appoint the people who win the election as directors.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's certainly the way that every Association I've been involved with has worked.</div><div><br></div><div>However, they have all been "locally" based so that most members are able to attend the Meeting, so I'm not sure how it would work with members spread over such a wide area?</div><div><br></div><div>
Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div><br></div></div>
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