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Draft documents for CSGF alumni association
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Article 2: Aspects of object of organization should be set off by semicolons #7

Closed goxberry closed 8 years ago

goxberry commented 8 years ago

"In unincorporated societies, the object of the society should be concisely expressed in a single sentence, the various aspects or phrases being written in sequence, set off by semicolons." -- Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th ed.), p. 571, ll. 1-5.

Suggested revision:

"The purpose of the association shall be to join former CSGF fellows together in organized efforts to benefit members of the association and current CSGF fellows; to advocate for the CSGF program; and to advocate for computational science generally." (Possibly omit "generally", if the intention is to advocate for computational science as a subject. If the intention is to advocate for the computational science community, that should be stated as well.)

The object of the deliberative assembly is important, since apparently, a two-thirds vote is required to allow the introduction of a motion that falls outside the society's object. ibid., p. 571, ll. 5-9.

jbardhan commented 8 years ago

Thanks, the structure you suggest looks familiar from another organization I was part of.

jbardhan commented 8 years ago

We have made these changes!

Thanks very much, Jay