Recommended amendment to Section 7.3.2

[Scott Forbes]

The BRC also recommended a minor amendment to Section 7.3.2 of the bylaws:

Section 7.3.2: Quorum at Executive Board Meetings

A quorum of the Executive Board shall be 40% of those eligible to vote. For purposes of determining a quorum, valid proxies alternates shall be counted and unfilled vacancies shall not be counted. 

This change makes Section 7.3.2 consistent with the rest of the bylaws, which use the word “alternate” rather than “proxy.”

This recommendation came up during a broader discussion of who does have, or should have, the power to appoint a KCDCC alternate. (The distinction made between “alternate” and “proxy” is that an alternate is selected by the organization, while a proxy is named by the individual Exec Board member who couldn’t attend the meeting.) The consensus of the BRC was that Section 7.2.6 of the bylaws, which says that “any person elected or appointed to serve as a KCDCC Alternate” can serve as an alternate, does not allow proxies per se and should be interpreted to mean “elected or appointed through a process approved by the local party organization.” For example, if an LD has bylaws or standing rules that explicitly allow its Chair or KCDCC rep to appoint an “ad hoc alternate” (which is effectively a proxy), then KCDCC should recognize and give voting credentials to that appointee. But, if the LD does not have bylaws or standing rules granting that authority, then KCDCC should only credential an alternate who was elected by the PCOs or appointed with the approval of the PCOs.

Thanks,

— Scott