Good point, Shari, I feel motion sickness coming on again. Joe Shari Handley wrote: > > I don't understand what the purpose of the this motion is. > > >From Webster's Dictionary - > > ratify - : to approve and sanction formally : CONFIRM <ratify a treaty> > > Isn't that what was just done with motion 00-8? I understand that with > 00-8, the board chose *not* to overturn the NC's action, but is that not > effectively the same as ratifying it? > > What we've just done with motion 00-8 is to set the following precedent: > Instead of requiring a 2/3rds majority of the board to PASS an important > action, as I am quite sure the framers of the bylaws intended, we now will > need a 2/3rds majority to KEEP an unwanted action from passing. > > Shari Handley > shari@armada.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 1:32 AM > Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 00-9 > > : Now that the Motion made by Betsy has received a second from Tina, it is > : numbered 00-9. The floor is now open for discussion. > : > : The motion reads: 'the board ratify the National Coordinator's delinking > of > : the Census Project.' > : > : Tim > : -- 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