Dear ISOC-CH Members
During the General Assembly (GA) on 8 Mar 2013 we will propose some changes to the ISOC-CH statutes. It is important to note that during the GA we will only vote on those change requests that have been submitted 20 days before the GA (i.e. deadline Feb 16th). During the GA itself no further change requests may be submitted for voting.
The discussion on the changes to our statutes is taking place on the following mailing-list:
Every member is welcome and encouraged to subscribe to this new mailing-list, take part in the discussion, and submit new (or alternative) change requests for our statutes to this new mailing-list. (As mentioned above, the deadline for any change request is 16 Feb. 2013).
Please find the currently proposed changes on:
Below a summary of the changes proposed so far:
- Membership Acceptance:
- Simplification of the process
- In short: The new variant shall allow the Board to accept or reject applications for membership; rejected applicants can appeal to the GA.
- Background: As one legal question could not be resolved timely for the inaugural GA, we had introduced a "work-around", that works in any case
- Membership Termination:
- Clarification of the process
- As exclusion of membership is a delicate topic, the process and rules need to be clear (to mitigate misuse).
- Various committees:
- Improved the "checks and balance in the system" as well as communications between committees and Board
- Default for official address, if not explicitly determined
Looking forward to your feedback on <statutes@lists.isoc.ch>!
All the best,
Bernie