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Conference 7.286::dcu

Title:	DCU
Notice:	1996 BoD Election results in 1004
Moderator:	CPEEDY::BRADLEY

Created:	Sat Feb 07 1987
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1041
Total number of notes:	18759

348.0. "Question of Legality" by UHURU::LAMBERT (Have a heart, please) Mon Nov 04 1991 09:44

My notice of the special meeting stated that only those people who attend the
special meeting are allowed to vote.  This bothers me for two reasons.

1) DCU's membership is very spread out.  Why isn't the membership being allowed
to vote by proxy, or by mail-in ballot?  I seem to remember this being the case
when we voted the current BoD into office, so there is an obvious precedent.
Is DCU's membership spread outside of New England?  If so, it's even more reason
to allow either proxy or mail-in voting.

2) By limiting the voting to attending members, is there a possibility that
there won't be a quorum?  Not a large enough percentage of the votable
membership in attendance to make the votes legal and binding?

-bob-

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348.1 GUFFAW::GRANSEWICZ Someday, DCU will be a credit union. Mon Nov 04 1991 10:05 18

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348.1		GUFFAW::GRANSEWICZ	Someday, DCU will be a credit union.	`Mon Nov 04 1991 10:05`	18
	RE: .0 The Bylaws explicitly prohibit proxies. I don't see why they couldn't be allowed in the future but I do have some reeservations on how they might be used by the powers that be. The current BoD has done everything in its power to control information and not state all the facts. Also having control of the DCU mailing list and the ability to solicit proxies could make a special meeting a joke. What we are basically calling for is a vote of no-confidence in the current BoD. They would then stand for re-election (if they choose to run again) and be voted on by the entire membership. A quorun is 15 DCU members. I can guarantee you there is no problem is this area. I just hope DCU has booked a large enough room for the meeting.

    
    RE: .0
    
    The Bylaws explicitly prohibit proxies.  I don't see why they couldn't
    be allowed in the future but I do have some reeservations on how they
    might be used by the powers that be.  The current BoD has done
    everything in its power to control information and not state all the
    facts.  Also having control of the DCU mailing list and the ability to
    solicit proxies could make a special meeting a joke.  What we are
    basically calling for is a vote of no-confidence in the current BoD. 
    They would then stand for re-election (if they choose to run again) and
    be voted on by the entire membership.
    
    A quorun is 15 DCU members.  I can guarantee you there is no problem is
    this area.  I just hope DCU has booked a large enough room for the
    meeting.