[IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists.

[Dave Crossland]

On 21 June 2016 at 10:49, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
>> On 7 June 2016 at 10:00, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent
>>> to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists.
>
> It is my belief (hope) that the only time a vote is only sent to one list
> rather than both is when there is an oversight by the sender. Vote should be
> public, but if the vote is forwarded to both lists after the fact, it should
> still be valid.

If this motion is reposted and passes, then if a vote is sent only to
SLOBs it will not be valid, but if it is forwarded to both lists after
the fact, it then becomes valid.

Is the motion's process an improvement?

I think so: it adds clarify by ensuring that votes can be counted by members.