[HCoop-Discuss] ByLaws change vote - 40 voters total?

[Peter Gammie]

On 02/02/2008, at 11:47 PM, Adam Chlipala wrote:

> Peter Gammie wrote:
>> I
>> was and am a bit wary about the undemocratic aspects of the new
>> bylaws, but - based on a month's membership and some reading of the
>> mailing list archives - I hope and believe that there is enough
>> goodwill in the HCoop community that abuse won't be an issue any time
>> soon.
>
> Which changes are you thinking of?  My impression is that  
> "undemocratic
> aspects" have stayed largely the same, with the increase in board size
> unequivocally increasing "democracy."  Maybe folks just didn't think  
> to
> take the time before to understand our bylaws and notice that the  
> board
> really had all the legal decision making power all along

My concern (that may or may not have made it onto this list in the  
past) was that if, hypothetically, a majority of the board decides to  
take a decision and not allow the minority to mount a counter- 
argument, then things might turn sour. In this instance, by  
"democracy" I meant "make the dissenters happier about their lot"; for  
example by avoiding them being presented with a fait accompli.

cheers
peter