[gpva-ic] Approval of Final Draft Minutes of the GPVA Quarterly Business Meeting in Richmond on June 10, 20

[Audrey Clement]

Charlie,

The objection that quorum was not met by the deadline on the vote to approve
the minutes is valid. But I am the one who set the deadline for voting at
midnight, July 4 and the deadline proved unrealistic. In the event the
Bylaws specify no deadline for conducting IC votes. The Bylaws are also
silent on the need for approval of the minutes.

In fact the only requirement in the Bylaws on the subject of minutes is that 
they be distributed to the
locals within two weeks of the meeting as per Section XV.F.5. Because of my 
desire to get approval of the minutes,
as per Robert's Rules, I have overlooked this requirement. So if your logic 
obtained, the minutes would
never be distributed, the deadline for doing so having passed.

Regarding Tom Yager's vote to approve the minutes, he was co-chair at the
outset of the meeting. So I believe that entitled him to a vote.

Audrey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <aloe at rev.net>
To: <gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [gpva-ic] Approval of Final Draft Minutes of the GPVA Quarterly
Business Meeting in Richmond on June 10, 20


> At 09:03 AM 7/20/07 -0400, Audrey Clement wrote:
>>The Interim Committee recently voted to approve the draft minutes of the
>>GPVA quarterly business meetting in Richmond on June 10, 2007. The vote
>>was
>>as follows:
>>
>>Aye
>>Scott Burger
>>Audrey Clement
>>Jana Cutlip
>>Chris Fink
>>Rick Johnson
>>Jim Lowenstern
>>Don Mackler
>>Kirit Mookerjee
>>Tom Yager
>
> At 11:42 AM 6/30/07 -0400, Audrey Clement wrote:
>>Please send an email to this list by Wednesday, midnight, July 4
>>indicating your approval or disapproval of the minutes.
>
> To be valid, the votes had to be sent to <gpva-ic> by July 4. According to
> the record, the only affirmative vote that arrived according to the
> specified procedure was Scott Burger's. When and how were the other votes
> received? Without them, the motion would have failed for lack of quorum.
>
> What is the basis for the vote by Tom Yager? I've received no notification
> to indicate that Tom held a seat during the voting period. (He's still
> listed at <http://vagreenparty.org/ic> in a position he does not currently
> hold, along with Susan Dridi and Bob Petrusak. Obviously, that page is
> over
> a year out of date.)
>
> The irregularities surrounding this decision cast doubt on the integrity
> of
> the reported result.
>
> -- Charlie Jordan <http://www.rev.net/~aloe/green/vagreens.html>
>
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