It would seem that the less controversial sections could be presented as individual amendments to be voted on separately. Once those are adopted, other amendments could be proposed to cover the problem areas. I suppose we will get into a semantics argument over what is a "revision" and what is an "amendment". Just my $1.98 -- that's 2 cents adjusted for inflation. --- Jan Cortez <cristian@netonecom.net> wrote: > Thanks Roger! Then I would assume, in that case, > that the BRC would be > continuing its work on the areas that seem to be > causing the most uproar > within the project? > > I know that this team has spent alot of hard hours > on this project, so the > best option might be reworking those areas until we > could find some sort of > compromise before voting on them. > > Just MHO, > > Jan Cortez > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Swafford" <sagitta56@mchsi.com> > > > > A revision is voted on in the same manner as the > original bylaws. In our > > case it's all or nothing. > > See http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/PA.htm at the > committee website. > > > > Roger > > > > > > > From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> > > > I'm sorry if this has already been answered, > but, I've been a whirlwind > of > > > meetings and elections lately. > > > > > > Did anyone say if the revised bylaws would be > voted on individually or > as > > a > > > whole? Or is that going to be an AB question? > > > > > > I'm seeing them go down in an election, if they > are voted upon in their > > > entirity. So many people are against certain > portions of them. > > > > > > I'm looking at them from this standpoint. So > many rules in a volunteer > > > organization are not good, yet, looking at so > many problems that need to > > be > > > addressed, how can we get away from them? I'm > thinking that states > should > > > each have a committee to draft their own, as > each state is different, > yet > > we > > > must have some standards for the National > project as a whole. > > > > > > Jan Cortez > > > MI State Coordinator > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com