[Lnc-business] Policy Manual 1.04 -Email Ballots

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Others interpret just as the initial stating of the ballot by the Secretary
- it’s unclear.

I think at one time there were two lists - am I correct? lncvotes and
lncdiscuss?

-Caryn Ann


On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 7:31 PM Craig Bowden <craig.bowden at lp.org> wrote:

> Clarity on this, as I read it, is simple:
> Keep the ballot thread clean, just votes.
> Have a separate thread that has debates on the motion.
>
> So
>
> I vote yes/no/abstain because [insert reasoning] would be a no go. But
> if a separate thread were addressing the discussion, it would work just
> fine.
>
> So just as we title the ballot that it is an electronic ballot, we have
> a similar styling for debate on the issue.
>
> Craig Bowden
> Region 1 Alternate
>
> On 2018-08-01 18:27, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> > I believe we may have been doing something incorrectly as per our
> > special rules.  Specifically:
> >
> > Section 1.04 ELECTRONIC MAIL BALLOT PROCEDURES
> >
> > 1) Electronic Mail Ballots 30 Electronic mail ballots shall not
> > include an accompanying argument for or against passage of the motion.
> > Notification of an electronic mail ballot shall be made by the
> > Secretary by electronic mail. An LNC Member may change his or her vote
> > on an electronic mail ballot, provided that the change is received by
> > the Secretary by the deadline for return of ballots.
> >
> > Because when I was first elected debate was permitted in the threads I
> > always interpreted this to mean that the ballot, i.e. the post by the
> > Secretary, should not include any argument.  But I see that in the
> > past, this was not the case but was interpreted to mean no debate at
> > all by anyone.
> >
> > I think we need clarity on this.
> >
> > Personally - I am opposed to not having debate on the email thread - I
> > think it provides better results, but I think we may be violating our
> > rules and that we either need to cease allowing debate or modify our
> > Policy Manual.
> >
> > -Caryn Ann
>
> --
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*Caryn Ann Harlos*
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