Re: [ProgSoc] Re: [EXEC] Re: [ADMIN] Proposed Changes

[alister air <baitoven@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Gabriela Marcionetti wrote:

> This seems a little extreme.  Even if one takes "writing" to include
> email, how does the member "sign" it, and have a witness?  7 days is also
> too much, seeing as nominations don't close until 12 noon on the day of
> the meeting.

I suppose it's because of the relative ease in which proxies can be fkaed
under these circumstances.  I could easily engineer an email from any
progsoc member that would pass cursory examination, as long as the
receiver didn't reply, and expect confirmation of that reply.  Once again,
I may be too formalised for this, but we didn't accept proxies that
weren't witnessed unless the person was there and had to leave.
 
> I think the only requirements for proxy votes should be that they be
> received by 12 noon on the day of the meeting and that they should be sent
> to either psexec or progsoc.

The task of collecting them and announcing them needs to be given to
someone; President, Secretary, whoever.  They do need to be announced so
that when there are seven people voting for something and only four
against, no-one's surprised when one person's vote magically becomes
seventeen.

Alister

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