Fwd: Feature Committee Report for the board

[Donald Dale Milne]

    I am forwarding the following final report from Adam Knights, chair
of the Feature Committee, for the board's consideration.  Please read,
comment and discuss.  We can adopt as is, reject, or modify the report. 
Adopting or modifying the report will create new rules or modify
existing rules for indexers.

    Unfortunately, as Adam notes, there were some problems with
committee members unable to complete their terms.  For this and other
reasons, Adam notes that the committee accomplished less than he hoped,
leaving some issues unresolved.  We may wish to address these now or
leave them for a future time.

- Don Milne

[Donald Dale Milne]

    I'm a looking back through open discussions on the Board list. The
first from this year is the Feature Committee report.  If there is no
discussion, I'll ask for a motion to adopt so we can move on and
consider this completed.

- Don Milne

[Matthew Gore]

So moved, or if somebody already made the motion, seconded.

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[Scott Novick]

I didn’t see a motion, so if I’m correct that there isn’t one, I’ll second yours. 

— Scott Novick

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[Jochen G.]

I am not sure that I would for vote it without any discussion.

So far just didn't have time, and won't in the next few weeks.

Jochen

Am 28.07.25 um 16:17 schrieb Donald Dale Milne:

[Donald Dale Milne]

    What exactly IS the motion?

- Don Milne

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[Ronald Sadowski]

Under Robert's Rules of Order: 

     A report submitted to the body can be considered in whole with a 2nd (the report itself is the motion).

     For there to be discussions on the report it needs to be 2nd.

     During the discussions amendments to change or remover items from the report are permissible.

     Amendments need be proposed (like a motion) and 2nd. 

     You can Divide the Question  which allows the report to be broken into stand alone items to be voted on individually by the body.

     Also once the report is 2nd it can be Tabled.  This means the discussion will happen at a later time (say at the next meeting). 

         This is done to give the body time to read the report and prepare amendments .

The Chair is the ultimate arbitrator of any of these rules.

I hope this helps in moving things forward.

-Ron

[Donald Dale Milne]

    Thanks for the details.  That's the pattern we usually follow, but from Matt's e-mail I am not sure if his intent is a motion to "adopt in full", or something else.  He was replying to my previous e-mail but I never stated what a motion would be.  Once I get that clarification, we'll get underway.

- Don Milne

On 7/29/2025 10:06 AM, Ronald Sadowski wrote:

Under Robert's Rules of Order: 

     A report submitted to the body can be considered in whole with a 2nd (the report itself is the motion).

     For there to be discussions on the report it needs to be 2nd.

     During the discussions amendments to change or remover items from the report are permissible.

     Amendments need be proposed (like a motion) and 2nd. 

     You can Divide the Question  which allows the report to be broken into stand alone items to be voted on individually by the body.

     Also once the report is 2nd it can be Tabled.  This means the discussion will happen at a later time (say at the next meeting). 

         This is done to give the body time to read the report and prepare amendments .

The Chair is the ultimate arbitrator of any of these rules.

I hope this helps in moving things forward.

-Ron

On Monday, July 28, 2025 at 10:59:09 PM UTC-4 Don Milne wrote:

    What exactly IS the motion?

- Don Milne

On 7/28/2025 6:34 PM, 'Matthew Gore' via gcd-board wrote:

So moved, or if somebody already made the motion, seconded.

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[Matthew Gore]

"I'll ask for a motion to adopt," to which I responded "so moved."

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[Donald Dale Milne]

    Thanks for the clarification.  So I will recognize both the motion to adopt the report in full and the second that was offered, and we can now discuss.

- Don Milne

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[Donald Dale Milne]

    Re-reading the report, I note that implementation would require some work by tech (Jochen).  I would hesitate to adopt this without some comments from him.

- Don Milne

[Jochen G.]

I won't be able to look into this due to vacation. I'll try in 2-3 weeks.

Am 06.08.25 um 15:32 schrieb Donald Dale Milne:

>     Re-reading the report, I note that implementation would require
> some work by tech (Jochen).  I would hesitate to adopt this without some
> comments from him.
>
> - Don Milne
>
> On 8/6/2025 8:04 AM, Donald Dale Milne wrote:
>>     Thanks for the clarification.  So I will recognize both the motion
>> to adopt the report in full and the second that was offered, and we
>> can now discuss.
>>
>> - Don Milne
>>
>> On 8/4/2025 3:56 PM, 'Matthew Gore' via gcd-board wrote:
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>>> "I'll ask for a motion to adopt," to which I responded "so moved."
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[Donald Dale Milne]

    Then I won't pursue a resolution of this until you can comment.
Anyone else, feel free to continue a discussion.  I will bring up
something else from the agenda in the meantime.

- Don Milne

[Donald Dale Milne]

    OK, a month has passed, so I'm opening this up again to see if
Jochen has some comments on the tech side of this.

- Don Milne