Bylaws Language that Allows Using a Voting Tool

[Ben Wilson]

All,

Here is a draft replacement for part of item 4 in section 2.3 of the Bylaws:

"For ballots related to the Forum level, votes must be sent to the Public Mail List of the Forum or, when a Forum-maintained voting tool is made available and its use is specified in the ballot, votes must be submitted through that tool. For ballots related to a CWG, votes must be sent to the Public Mail List of the CWG or, when a Forum-maintained voting tool is made available and its use is specified in the ballot, votes must be submitted through that tool. Votes must be submitted by a Voting Representative to the designated voting mechanism (Public Mail List or voting tool) by the end of the voting period, as specified in the ballot, to be considered valid and counted."

Item 3 of section 2.4 of the Bylaws would require a similar change, or we might even consider striking the following language as redundant:  "For ballots related to the Forum level, votes must be sent to the Public Mail List of the Forum. For ballots related to a CWG, votes must be sent to the Public Mail List of the CWG. All voting will take place via the proper Public Mail List. Votes not submitted to the Public Mail List or not submitted by a Voting Representative, will not be considered valid, and will not be counted for any purpose. "

Also, while we're at it, we should modify the definition of "Questions Mail List" to read:

"the mail list maintained by the Forum for communications from the public to the Forum."

Ben