Will the Secretary Please amend the motion to read: I hereby move that the April 1, 2000 cutoff date for eligibility in the july 2000 USGenWeb elections be affirmed. "Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny" wrote: > > While I have a concern that a few worthy CCs may not get to > vote this time. I would bet you a dime to a bagel that if > they feel as strongly about this Project as I do they would > gracefully give up the vote so that the other several > hundred voting members would feel that their vote fell where > they aimed it to fall. Tell me, dear friends, is it more > right that one voter or a few voters be denied than for the > hundreds that part with their apathy and vote be denied > their due rights? I think not. Remember last time when ten > votes separated the runoff for the NC position? Eleven more > phony votes would have disenfrancised a true majority. Keep > this in mind if nit picking starts over the motion below. > Until just a few days ago I sided with those who protested > the April 1, 2000 date. I am quite naive at times believing > that all feel as I do about honesty and such. But the > evidence will continue to mount that the motion below is the > right course to take. And remember, this Board and any Board > has the right and duty to make motions not specifically > prohibited by the ByLaws. > > I hereby move that the April 1, 2000 cutoff date be > affirmed. Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm