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The '''Bylaws Committee''' was formed in... 1991? 1993? Maybe? (Is there any way to get at assocs.kgb archives?) Its purpose was to update the hastily-drawn-up original [[Bylaws]] without letting them turn into a complete football. | The '''Bylaws Committee''' was formed in... 1991? 1993? Maybe? (Is there any way to get at assocs.kgb archives?) Its purpose was to update the hastily-drawn-up original [[Bylaws]] without letting them turn into a complete football. | ||
| − | (KGB has always had a certain tendency to... shall we say... use Robert's Rules of Order as a screwdriver rather than a benevolent iron-fist-velvet-glove of moderation. In other words, the [[President]] would try to keep the meeting in order by invoking the [[Bylaws], and some joker would yell "Amendment! | + | (KGB has always had a certain tendency to... shall we say... use [[Robert's Rules of Order]] as a screwdriver rather than a benevolent iron-fist-velvet-glove of moderation. In other words, the [[President]] would try to keep the [[meetings|meeting]] in order by invoking the [[Bylaws]], and some joker would yell "Amendment!"... Okay, this wasn't a ''common'' occurrence, but it could have become so.) |
To solve this problem, [[Zarf]] was appointed to be the Bylaws Committee. Not the ''head'' of the Bylaws Committee, mind you, but the whole thing. Nobody else got to be on the Committee. If there was a problem with the [[Bylaws]], [[Zarf]] would listen carefully, go off in a corner, and then come back with a revised document. Or not. Most often, the job of the Bylaws Committee was to ignore suggestions that needed to be ignored. | To solve this problem, [[Zarf]] was appointed to be the Bylaws Committee. Not the ''head'' of the Bylaws Committee, mind you, but the whole thing. Nobody else got to be on the Committee. If there was a problem with the [[Bylaws]], [[Zarf]] would listen carefully, go off in a corner, and then come back with a revised document. Or not. Most often, the job of the Bylaws Committee was to ignore suggestions that needed to be ignored. | ||
| − | This form of the Bylaws Committee's job became even easier to do when Zarf left town in 1995. After a couple of years, it lapsed entirely, and the Bylaws Committee entered a new phase of its existence, about which I know nothing. | + | This form of the Bylaws Committee's job became even easier to do when [[Zarf]] left [[Pittsburgh|town]] in 1995. After a couple of years, it lapsed entirely, and the Bylaws Committee entered a new phase of its existence, about which I know nothing. |
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| + | The Bylaws Committee produced a flurry of amendments in the years 2002-2004. This review of the [[Bylaws]] was sparked by a set of [[Elections|election]] catastrophes which made the entire [[KGB|organization]] recoil in horror. A [[Bylaws commentary|commentary]] on the changes is forthcoming, and has been for some time. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 6 May 2007
The Bylaws Committee was formed in... 1991? 1993? Maybe? (Is there any way to get at assocs.kgb archives?) Its purpose was to update the hastily-drawn-up original Bylaws without letting them turn into a complete football.
(KGB has always had a certain tendency to... shall we say... use Robert's Rules of Order as a screwdriver rather than a benevolent iron-fist-velvet-glove of moderation. In other words, the President would try to keep the meeting in order by invoking the Bylaws, and some joker would yell "Amendment!"... Okay, this wasn't a common occurrence, but it could have become so.)
To solve this problem, Zarf was appointed to be the Bylaws Committee. Not the head of the Bylaws Committee, mind you, but the whole thing. Nobody else got to be on the Committee. If there was a problem with the Bylaws, Zarf would listen carefully, go off in a corner, and then come back with a revised document. Or not. Most often, the job of the Bylaws Committee was to ignore suggestions that needed to be ignored.
This form of the Bylaws Committee's job became even easier to do when Zarf left town in 1995. After a couple of years, it lapsed entirely, and the Bylaws Committee entered a new phase of its existence, about which I know nothing.
The Bylaws Committee produced a flurry of amendments in the years 2002-2004. This review of the Bylaws was sparked by a set of election catastrophes which made the entire organization recoil in horror. A commentary on the changes is forthcoming, and has been for some time.
