Re: [adhoc] vote today, please

Thanks, Lisa Lena. You're seven hours ahead, I think, so if you can
put in a vote some time before you go to bed, it'll be before the EOB
here.

John

On Apr 27, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Lisa Lena Opas-Hanninen wrote:

> Dear John,
>
> I WILL vote on this today, but I'm in the middle of exams etc. so
> cannot have a
> final look at it till this evening. Given that I am probably 6-7 hours
> ahead of
> you, it may NOT be quite at the end of business - but then what time
> is? I'll
> get it in before midnight my time anyway, so that should be around 5
> pm your
> time - I think...
>
> Lisa Lena
>
>
> Quoting John Unsworth <unsworth_at_uiuc.edu>:
>
>> ADHO Steering Committee members:
>>
>> Today (April 27) is the end of the declared voting period for the
>> governance protocol, in the ADHO steering committee. There has not
>> been a great deal of discussion on this document, but that may be
>> because the ALLC members already discussed it in December and the
>> current revision represents their recommended revisions. Be that as
>> it
>> may, voting members of the steering committee are now asked to vote
>> yes
>> or no on the following proposition:
>>
>> The ADHO Steering Committee recommends the current state of the
>> governance protocol to the executive bodies of ACH and ALLC, for
>> approval as the document that will guide the future operation of ADHO
>> and its steering committee.
>>
>> The governance protocol, as revised by ALLC and in our discussion, is
>> at
>>
>> http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/ifdish_2.html
>>
>> The protocol has mechanisms to allow for future modification, so you
>> need not believe that the document is perfected in order to recommend
>> it to your executive body, but you should be able to affirm that, as
>> it
>> stands, the document represents a good-faith effort to establish rules
>> for governance of ADHO, and you should also believe that the document,
>> as it stands, is free of irremediable or fatal flaws. If the
>> proposition is approved, the Executive bodies will be asked to review
>> the current state of the governance protocol and certify it as the
>> operational mandate for ADHO, at or before their next annual general
>> meetings, in Victoria.
>>
>> As in our previous vote, the question will be decided by a majority of
>> votes cast: I understand that this is a controversial method, but I
>> remind committee members that if they vote, there will be no grounds
>> for the methodological controversy.
>>
>> I vote in favor of the proposition.
>>
>> John
>>
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