[wlug_org] Drive Caddy sold (was Re: Hard-Drive for Caddy)

[Tony Wills]

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At 16:55 30/07/04 +1200, Jethro Carr wrote:
>>3. Make it that 51% of members are required to vote on spending any
>>money, before it can be spent. A member can be classified as someone who
>>uses a service of the organisation.

A couple of points:
I'm not clear whether you mean that decisions can be made by 51% of members 
voting *about* it or you mean 51% must vote *for* it?
ie if you get 26% voting for it and 25% against (and the rest not voting) 
then the decision has been made by 51%  of members????

If you mean to have decisions made by a simple majority of the membership, 
better to state it as "a simple majority must agree to spend ..."
(Also if you have a membership of 200, 51% would require 102 votes rather 
than a simple majority of 101 votes)

You will have to be more restrictive about membership, otherwise anyone who 
views the website (a service of wellylug) will qualify and legitimately 
vote - so when you raise a couple of thousand dollars some bright spark 
from the local football club will get all their members to go to the 
website and vote to donate the money to themselves.

(And no, I'm not promoting a more formal structure, but a lot of care is 
required :-) 

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