Les Kitchen <ljk@csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
In retrospect, for something as momentous as disincorporation, we should've started serious consideration of it months ago, so we had sufficient time not only to discuss the matter itself, but also to ensure that our processes were set up well enough to handle the decision smoothly.
Agreed.
But as it is, we have the resolution on our AGM agenda, and we just have to deal with it as best and as reasonably as we collectively can under the current messy and arguably paradoxical arrangements.
Even if the resolution fails (as I hope it does), I think it will still serve a useful purpose of stimulating the discussion we perhaps should have had.
Indeed. It's also an opportunity (assuming the resolution fails) to review the rules regarding membership and voting arrangements. For example, I would expect a digital signature to be accepted as attesting to the authenticity of a proxy form, but there is no provision for this, and I'm not sure how Victorian law currently stands in this respect. (Digital signatures were an issue in Australia some years ago, but I didn't follow the details of how the legal concerns were resolved.) In any case, I digitally signed the form that I submitted in order to remove any doubts.