Shadow constitution
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Milan
Sep 22, 2012, 3:53:48 PM9/22/12
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Regarding our meeting on Tuesday, I was thinking we might want to draw up a sort of 'shadow constitution'.
The University of Toronto club is really a mechanism for us to access a bank account, funding, and rooms at U of T.
There isn't any point in having a U of T group that is separate from the general Toronto group. That said, there are limits on what our U of T club constitution can allow. We may want a document of our own that sets down anything that is especially important to us.
It could be general principles like 'everyone contributes to the club on a voluntary basis' or we could set up a system of our own to address the problem that only U of T students can vote on official U of T club motions.
One idea would be to set up a sort of simple electoral college. For instance:
"When a vote is held at a Toronto 350.org executive meeting, a simple majority of votes in favour of a motion shall be deemed equivalent to a majority of University of Toronto student members of the organization voting in favour of the motion. When a simple majority votes against a motion, it shall be deemed equivalent to a majority of University of Toronto student members of the organization voting against of the motion"
Those are just some early thoughts of mine. Please share your ideas.
Note: it would probably be best if the club administrators at U of T never learned about any shadow regulations we create for ourselves.
The University of Toronto club is really a mechanism for us to access a bank account, funding, and rooms at U of T.
There isn't any point in having a U of T group that is separate from the general Toronto group. That said, there are limits on what our U of T club constitution can allow. We may want a document of our own that sets down anything that is especially important to us.
It could be general principles like 'everyone contributes to the club on a voluntary basis' or we could set up a system of our own to address the problem that only U of T students can vote on official U of T club motions.
One idea would be to set up a sort of simple electoral college. For instance:
"When a vote is held at a Toronto 350.org executive meeting, a simple majority of votes in favour of a motion shall be deemed equivalent to a majority of University of Toronto student members of the organization voting in favour of the motion. When a simple majority votes against a motion, it shall be deemed equivalent to a majority of University of Toronto student members of the organization voting against of the motion"
Those are just some early thoughts of mine. Please share your ideas.
Note: it would probably be best if the club administrators at U of T never learned about any shadow regulations we create for ourselves.
Milan
Sep 25, 2012, 9:51:29 PM9/25/12
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As noted in these minutes, Stuart and Milan have started a committee to compose a shadow constitution.
Milan
Oct 4, 2012, 10:23:11 AM10/4/12
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Here is the current shadow constitution, as voted upon at this planning meeting.
Next Tuesday's Annual General Meeting will be conducted according to these rules.
Next Tuesday's Annual General Meeting will be conducted according to these rules.
SAT PAL
Aug 30, 2015, 7:39:00 PM8/30/15
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Is there a way to organize the inks so that they are all easily accessible i.e. one place - I searched for ‘board’ and executive and get many results - mostly planning meetings but nothing specific on constitution board or executive? As I am relatively new to to350 it means a lot of digging to 1. remember what I DO know, 2. find and learn what I DON’t know. Then come prepared for the meeting with quotes in hand - bit discouraged.
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