From owner-ncc-charter@joy.songbird.com Tue Aug 15 21:11:46 2000 Return-Path: Received: from joy.songbird.com (IDENT:root@joy.songbird.com [208.184.79.7]) by songbird.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA05299 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:11:45 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by joy.songbird.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA09095; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:11:40 -0700 Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by joy.songbird.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA09091 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:11:39 -0700 Received: from IST.SYR.EDU (ist.syr.edu [128.230.182.180]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA21250 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:11:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from IST/SpoolDir by IST.SYR.EDU (Mercury 1.44); 16 Aug 00 00:11:36 EDT Received: from SpoolDir by IST (Mercury 1.44); 16 Aug 00 00:11:17 EDT Received: from mueller.twcny.rr.com (24.92.244.228) by IST.SYR.EDU (Mercury 1.44); 16 Aug 00 00:11:13 EDT Message-ID: <01c301c00737$e97616c0$e4f45c18@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: "Milton Mueller" From: "Milton Mueller" To: Subject: [ncc-charter] Formal modifications Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:10:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-ncc-charter@joy.songbird.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO Content-Length: 2316 Lines: 53 Here are specific proposals: Kent, sorry to trouble you again, this can replace my earlier post on the site. Note that I have amended Sec. F again slightly. Let's get on with this, OK? --MM =========================== Insert after paragraph 2 of Section II: Political organizations that are non-governmental are eligible for voting status. A political organization shall be considered "non-governmental" if its primary purpose is to influence governmental or public policy, but not to hold governmental offices or to elect government officials. Ineligible political organizations are those whose primary purpose is to hold government offices and/or elect government officials. In unclear or borderline cases, the voting status of a political organization will be decided by the constituency membership after review of the application on its merits. Replace old section IV F: F. Provision for Replacement of NC members Name Council representatives may need to resign. In order to provide for a quick, effective, and representative method of replacing the constituency's NC members, the following section defines replacement methods. Each person running for Names Council representative may choose a replacement candidate with whom to run. The replacement candidate must be the designated representative of an organization that is a member of the NCC, and have the approval of that organization to run. The replacement must be a citizen of the same geographic region as the Names Council candidate. The names of the two individuals shall be listed together on the voting ballot. A Names Council candidate need not run with a replacement candidate. The replacement candidate shall not be a member of the Names Council until and unless the elected member formally resigns. If or when a resignation takes place, the replacement candidate immediately succeeds the elected candidate as the NC member for the rest of the original member's term. If a NC candidate who resigns does not have a replacement candidate, he or she will be succeeeded by the Adcom member who received the 4th highest vote total in the NC election. -- m i l t o n m u e l l e r // m u e l l e r @ s y r . e d u syracuse university http://istweb.syr.edu/~mueller/ visit the convergence center! http://dcc.syr.edu/home.htm