CITRUS COUNTY VOTES NO !!! TO SPONSORING !
At 09:06 AM 6/2/2000 -0400, irishsun(a)ptdprolog.net wrote:
Hello and good morning FLGenWeb
I am asking FL to look at this proposed amendment.
I also call for a vote whether to co-sponsor the bill.
I know we discussed this issue a few weeks ago.
Based on my experience we need to have a way to "kick out"
our Board or NC ANY TIME they fail to keep the project in mind
and allow their egos or the power of the postion to blind them.
There needs to be accountablity with our leaders. We have it in real
life there is no reason NOT to have it here.
I know many of you will detest this and get angry - but this will
give us the CC more power over the project - which as I recall ya'll
said it was where it belonged.
Barb Lavin
Union County
Assistant State Special Projects Coordinator
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In accordance with the USGenWeb Project Bylaws, the following Proposed
Recall Amendment was sponsored by COGenWeb and so far has been
co-sponsored
by OHGenWeb, ORGenWeb and NEGenWeb. A minimum of five sponsor states are
needed for all CC's to have the opportunity to vote on this amendment.
See
also
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/amendments.html and
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html/.
Posted 30 May 2000 by COGenWeb - Recall of Board Member
Co-sponsoring states:
Oregon (31 May 2000)
Nebraska (1 June 2000)
ARTICLE XVII RECALL
SEC. 1. Recall is the power of the members to remove an elective officer
for violation of rules or confidence.
SEC. 2. (a) An Advisory Board Secretary shall be elected at the
beginning of every Advisory Board term, or when another Advisory Board
Secretary has resigned, quit or is unable to perform the duties of the
office. The Advisory Board Secretary is to be a non-voting member of the
Advisory Board. The Advisory Board Secretary is to be chosen from
USGenWeb
Members who are not members of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board
Secretary shall keep minutes for all Advisory Board meetings, which will
be
posted to the National website.
(b) Recall of an Advisory Board Member is initiated by delivering
to
the Advisory Board Secretary a petition alleging reason for recall.
Reasons
for recall are to be limited to: violation of bylaws, improper handling
of
information or legal/ethical violations.
(c) A recall petition will consist of one or more e-mails
containing
the names and e-mail addresses of those in favor of recall. This
petition
must be verified to determine validity.
(d) A petition to recall an Advisory Board Member (including the
National Coordinator, who is also an Advisory Board Member) must be
signed
by voting members equal in number to at least 20 percent of the last
vote
for the office. Any Advisory Board Member may be recalled, but only by
their own constituents. The Advisory Board Secretary shall maintain a
continuous count of the petition signatures certified to that office,
and
deliver a report to the Advisory Board and inform the constituents in
question if there are enough signatures to force a recall vote.
SEC. 3. (a) An election to determine whether to recall an Advisory
Board Member and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called
by
the National Coordinator, or Election Committee Chairman if there is one
at
the time, and held not less than 30 days nor more than 50 days from the
date of certification of sufficient signatures. If the National
Coordinator
is unable, and no Election Committee is seated at the time, the Advisory
Board Secretary shall call for the election and insure all constituents
of
the Member subject to the recall action are notified.
(b) In the event of a proposed recall action against an Advisory
Board Member, nominations will be taken to immediately fill the position
vacated if the recall vote is successful. The member being recalled is
not
eligible for this nomination.
(c) If the simple majority vote of those voting on the question is
to
recall, the Member is removed and, if there is a candidate to replace
the
Member, the candidate who receives a plurality is the successor. If the
recall action fails, the Advisory Board Member retains their position,
and
the election for a successor is declared null and void.
(d) Votes in recall elections are subject to verification by
either
the Advisory Board Secretary or Election Committee, if there is one.
SEC. 4. The Advisory Board Secretary shall provide for circulation,
filing,
and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and the recall
election.
SEC. 5. If recall of the National Coordinator is initiated, the recall
duties of that office shall be performed by the Advisory Board Secretary
or
Election Committee Chairman, if there is one.
SEC. 6. An Advisory Board Member who is not recalled shall not have
another
recall action initiated against the member until six months after the
election.
SEC. 7. Terms of elective offices provided for by this Article, commence
immediately following the election, and shall last until the term of the
recalled Member expires.
SEC. 8. In the event of conflict between any Other Articles of the
USGenWeb
Bylaws and this Article, this Article shall take precedence.
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