On Tue, 13 May 2003, Tim Stowell wrote: > > > > Oh, so it is only going to take a majority vote to entirely re-write > > the bylaws? > > > > I will definitely get my NO vote in on this, if it is not going to > > require a 2/3rds vote. > > > > I was under the impression that the bylaws committee was not to do a > > complete re-write of the bylaws. > > > > David > > David, > > As best I remember, this committee was first started during Holly's term > as NC. I believe her charge at the time was to do a completely new set of > Bylaws based on the current ones, or start with new ones - which according > to some at that time is allowable under Sturgis or some authority. > > By doing so - the current Bylaws rule of change would be negated. > > I believe this committee is that same committee, albeit with new members. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- > Tim Stowell > tstowell@chattanooga.net > > From the Bylaws web page. http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/ Committee Instructions: From the BFC report: The purpose of the Bylaws Revision Committee shall be to study the current USGenWeb Project Bylaws to determine which portions need revising. The Committee shall then propose for revision: 1) Deletion of unnecessary sections; 2) Clarification or strengthening sections; 3) New Articles that may be deemed necessary. Posted with permission: From Holly Timm: Sent Sunday, March 10, 2002 4:05 PM > One item that is important is to make it quite clear that the goal here is > a Bylaws revision process and no part of that purpose is to make major > revisions in the project itself. > Holly Timm > National Coordinator, USGenWeb Project David David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/