BALLOT #41
July 7, 2005
In order to spare the Rangers the trouble of changing all the board permissions and redesignating the groups used to create permissions, it is proposed that the Mayor will not have access to the Sensitive Info forum but will have access instead to a second, hidden Mayor forum where record keeping will be maintained for outstanding penalties against members and outstanding warnings and complaints against Rangers.
Question1: Do you accept the creation of a second, hidden Mayor forum, and an amendment to Article 4 removing the text which gives the Mayor access to the Sensitive Info forum?
PLEASE SELECT
A=10: Yes
B=1: No
Some minor additional amendments are required in Article 4 and Article 5 to make them consistent. The part of the clause being amended is BLUE.
Question 2: under ¶1 of Article 4, concerning the right of the Mayor to request a deputy, the text will be amended to read:
• No provision is made for selecting an Assistant to the Mayor, however if a current Mayor decides that an Assistant Mayor is needed to fulfill the duties of this office, he/she may propose that the Charter be amended to provide for a selection process and the standing Committee for Charter Amendments will convene according to Article 7.
We did not have a committee named when this went for ratification
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the amended text
B=0: I do not agree to the amended text
Question 3: under ¶1 of Article 4, we need to add the following as a second clause:
The Mayor may not serve as a Ranger, Juror, Loremaster, or Mediator during his/her term of office.
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the inclusion of this clause
B=0: I do not agree to the inclusion of this clause
Question 4: under ¶2 of Article 4, concerning the record keeping for Mediators, the text is inconsistent with Article 5 and Article 5 will be amended to read:
• The list of those members who have also agreed to serve as Mediators will be posted prominently in the Bike Racks. Full names will be used so that PMs can be sent with ease. Dates of entry do not have to be posted but the date a member last served as Mediator will be shown.
In one article we had required entry dates and in the other excluded them
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the amended text
B=0: I do not agree to the amended text
Question 5: under ¶3 of Article 4, concerning the forums used by the Mayor, Michel Delving is no longer part of the Outside Forum and the text should be amended to reflect this change. The amended text will read:
• A new subforum is created and entitled “Michel Delving†in which the Mayor will maintain those records that the Charter designates as public. The subforum will be a read and write forum so that members are able to discuss with the Mayor as needed and make the Mayor aware of developments that affect the Board.
before it said, "subforum of the Outside Forum"
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the amended text
B=0: I do not agree to the amended text
Question 6: Subject to Question 1, the mayor will be excluded from the Sensitive Info forum and a second, hidden Mayor’s forum may be created. If that proposal is defeated, no other amendments need by made to ¶3 of Article 4. But if that proposal is approved, the text will be amended to read:
• A second subforum which is not readable by the members is created and entitled "Sensitive Information - Mayor" in order to maintain those records that the Charter designates as private. The Mayor will not have any Administrative powers other than permission to read and write in the Outside Forum so that Jury Pool and Mediator records can be maintained, and access to the hidden subforum entitled "Sensitive Information - Mayor" during his/her term of office.
before it said access to the “Sensitive Info forum of Rangersâ€
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the amended text, subject to Question 1
B=0: I do not agree to the amended text
Question 7: And in the thread concerning Grounds for removing the mayor and Hearings to remove the mayor, we are providing that a loremaster should be present at hearings to remove the mayor. A similar provision should be made for hearings to remove a Ranger. The following clause would be added to Article 5, ¶6:
"Any Hearing to remove a Ranger will have a Loremaster in attendance."
PLEASE SELECT
A=11: I agree to the inclusion of this clause
B=0: I do not agree to the inclusion of this clause