On Mon, September 2, 2013 4:39 pm, Les Kitchen wrote:
The suggestion of nominating the chairperson was, barring disaster, one can be reasonably confident that the chairperson will turn up to the meeting!
It's even more disasterproof that that. If by some weird chance, Lev wasn't there, we'd have the option of adjourning the AGM. If Lev weren't there, holding a block of proxies, and the LUV members present wouldn't agree on reasonable option of adjourning, then I'd lose all faith in humanity.
I must bring up this anecdote; I was once part of a tabletop roleplaying club in Perth that decided to review their entire constitution point-by-point, either offering a new rule or confirming the existing clause. Each item required a two-thirds majority to pass. When it came to the membership list, the existing clause was to have to a membership list in alphabetical order. This lead to a debate that lasted the better part of an ninety minutes. The vote received majority, but not the necessary two-thirds. The clause was not confirmed and thus deleted. An alternative motion was put, just to have a membership list - with the order unspecified. This too received a majority, but enough of the supporters of the previous motion voted against the alternative, ensuring that did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority either. It was this point, I got up and left, ensuring that the assembled gamers were informed (I could have been a more polite) that they had just decided that the club would *not* have a membership list at all. If I recall correctly, they hastily decided to revisit their options. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt