All, the large number of participants in the Concordia DG makes
achieving quorum for our various votes difficult. To facilitate
managing quorum, going forward, we will distinguish between two
categories of participants: ACTIVE & OBSERVER
ACTIVE status affords members
voting rights. Maintaining this status requires regular participation
in all DG balloting and regular attendance on our telecons or an
approved
workaround. (The workaround is to
support those whose schedule conflicts with our scheduled calls.)
OBSERVER members do not have voting rights and so do not affect the
numbers needed to achieve quorum. Removing OBSERVERs
from the quorum count allows the working group to effectively conduct
business. OBSERVERs may change to ACTIVE voting members either by
attending a
telecon (and indicating their desire for ACTIVE status) or by making
other arrangements with the chair . OBSERVERs have every right to
contribute to discussions and
raise issues - the only constraint is voting.
If necessary, any ACTIVE participant who misses 2 scheduled
teleconferences may, at the discretion of the chair, be categorized as
OBSERVER. (I'd prefer we not need to track this)
If you wish to remain ACTIVE, please reply to this mail (ideally cc'ing
Joni Brennan) by the end of this week to indicate so. If I do not
receive your reply you will be categorized as OBSERVER (with the
mechanisms described above to regain voting rights at your disposal)
Thanks
Paul
p.s. all caps too much? Or did they give the right sense of gravitas?