OGB 2009/004

From Genunix

Working Draft

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Michelle's Version:

OGB Policy pertaining to the Constitution
(changes shown relative to OGB 2008/002)

Rather than focusing the OGB's energies on updating the constitution (which would be an easy task to take on), we explicitly choose instead to tackle the harder task of discovering how to empower the community and make it effective and successful. Consequently, the OGB will:

1. Seek to work within the terms of the existing Constitution wherever possible.
2. In cases where there is an apparent obstacle caused by the Constitution, attempt to pass a process resolution that interprets the Constitution so as to avoid the obstacle, draft and submit a Constitutional Amendment to the next Annual Meeting.
3. In cases where this is not possible, temporarily and explicitly ignore the letter of the constitution as we experiment with alternatives that might actually work for us, and then submit a Constitutional Amendment to the next Annual Meeting implementing the solution that was found to work.

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Peter's Version:

Operational philosophy

The OGB will:

1. Seek to work within the terms of the existing Constitution wherever possible.
2. In cases where there is an apparent obstacle caused by the Constitution, attempt to pass a process resolution that interprets the Constitution so as to avoid the obstacle
3. In cases where this is not possible, temporarily and explicitly ignore the letter of the constitution as we experiment with alternatives that might actually work for us, using that to guide the Constitutional Amendments that are under discussion

Moving forward

The OGB will:

1. Rapidly move forward with establishing what changes to the charter and constitution are required
2. When ready, submit a constitutional amendment to the Electorate

The future constitution

The OGB will:

1. Seek to make required changes to the charter
2. Use the revised constitution as presented to the Electorate in 2009 as the foundation for future versions, modifying it as appropriate
3. Create a preamble to the constitution establishing the community's core values, ethos, and vision