[Oceania-Board] resolving resolutions

[John Bryant]

Chiming in as a concerned member of the community. I see some unresolved
problems:

   - This motion was closed before some directors had a chance to
   participate, without following due process. Now what? It's left unclear
   whether this motion has actually passed.
   - Supposing the motion is considered to have been carried, it's now
   suggested that it's not binding, and is handed off to the incoming board
   for discussion and action, "*if actual changes are need to the ToR*".
   Surely, if the explicit purpose of the motion is to change the Membership
   Policy, and it passes, then the next action is to actually change the
   Membership Policy?

Very confusing. What is the outcome? Is the Membership Policy changed or
not?

(Incidentally - in February, the board agreed to use Loomio for decisions
outside of board meetings [1], to bring much needed clarity & transparency
to decision making. This seems well supported by the constitution (s 91)
and these decisions should be considered binding.)

[1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYAw_zmNEqajzxO1PQwPnpt539CXodby/view

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 at 16:17, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really want to press upon everybody that we are volunteers, we should
> not have to be an instantly reactive board (responsive yes, but that is a
> different approach), and we should avoid prioritising immediate convenience
> (for some) over good practice.
>
> In the end the ToR change was not needed, and the vote is questionable. I
> think it is reasonable to expect that for online votes we need majority of
> all board members, and also to expect a poll summary to go out via this
> list. I think using loomio to poll for everything (eg board meetings) is
> unwieldy.
>
> I'm super happy that the MwG could get through all the new memberships!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adam
>
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