<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 18, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Fortunately, SLOBs votes are done via email, at any time, and the monthly SLOBs meetings are there to unjam any backlogs.</blockquote></div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">ah I was under the impression that motions were debated and voted in the meetings, with recourse to e-mail when meeting time ran out after debate but before a vote.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></blockquote>Much of the recent gridlock in the meetings has been as a result of trying to do what you suggest. If at least discussing in advance, if not actually voting, can happen, the SLOB might actually be able to get more things done in the meetings.<div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Nobody's in thrall to a higher power here, and if the SFC requires every single expenditure to be voted, there is a reason, and perhaps the reason isn't valid. With resources limited as they are, we need to be vigilant about bureaucracy, that's all.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Speaking of which, the SLOBs may wish to consider a motion numbering system such as is used by legislatures. It could simplify referencing previous decisions, in particular providing a search engine handle which could be used to reconcile authorized expenditures. And motions could be more easily listed for governance history.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Dave and I have already done this with Motions A, B, C, and D. (In CA we use both letters and numbers for propositions).<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br>Sean<br><br></div></div>
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