Here is the tally of the results of the NVGenWeb poll on the potential sponsorship of the
two proposed bylaw amendments:
1) Yes/No - NVGenWeb should sponsor the amendment to the USGenWeb Bylaws written by Don
Tharp posted at
http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/notice.shtml dated Feb. 20, 2007 as
altered Mar. 27, 2007.
Yes: Don, Fred, Robert
No: Joy
With 75% responding yes and 25% responding no, NVGenWeb will co-sponsor this amendment.
2) Yes/No - NVGenWeb should sponsor the amendment to the USGenWeb Bylaws written by Ellen
Pack posted at
http://www.natchezbelle.org/amendment/amendment.html
Yes: Fred, Joy
No: Robert
With 66% responding yes and 33% responding no, NVGenWeb will sponsor/co-sponsor this
amendment.
Please note the following.
Bill responded indicating that he would go with the majority opinion and did not otherwise
express a specific preference in the case of either proposed amendment.
Don's message indicated that he voted only yes for amendment #1. So, while he did not
respond yes for amendment #2, he also did not specifically respond no against amendment
#2.
Maureen responded yes for amendment #1 and responded no for amendment #2, but her email
was posted after the Wednesday midnight deadline so that it could not be tallied.
The outcome for amendment #2 would have been different if Don had specifically responded
with no or if we had considered Maureen's expressed preference. At this point I see
more opposition to amendment #2 in NVGenWeb than there is support, but to be fair to all
concerned I don't believe we can ignore the deadline for the poll or read anything
more into any of the responses than what was specifically stated. The poll questions were
listed as Yes/No so that was no calculation of absentions in the poll percentages.
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the poll. I will be offline most of the time
in the next three days (I'll be away looking for lost cousins), but I will pass along
the results of our poll to the national coordinator early next week. If you have any
concerns about the results, let me know.
Robert Bremer
NVGenWeb SC
bremerr(a)oclc.org