[committee] [ucc] Change of hands

[Jacques Chester]

Not that I am a lawyer, but this sort of thing used to be a part of my
life.

The answer is 'yes'. Satisfactory means it's a valid reason other than
"I don't wanna".

In these situations the usual gambits are either:

1. The President formally resigns. A GM is required to fill the vacancy.
2. The VP stands in for the President who continues to send apologies.

I'd recommend 2. if we're near the AGM.

Cheers,

JC.


On 14/01/2009, at 2:51 PM, Matthias Liffers wrote:

> It also depends on whether Luke's trip is or is not a satisfactory  
> explanation.
>
> - Matthias
>
> 2009/1/14 Matt Johnston <matt at ucc.asn.au>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:49:28PM +0900, Anil Sharma <Grand Poobah  
> Maset> wrote:
> > Have fun Luke!
> >
> > However, the committee will be required to have a GM very soon to  
> elect a
> > new president. See sections 17.2 and 17.3 of the constitution.
> >
> > 17.2 Absence
> > The Committee shall declare vacant the position of any member of the
> > Committee if that member has been absent from two consecutive  
> meetings of
> > the Committee without giving a satisfactory explanation for that  
> absence.
> >
> > 17.3
> > Election
> > If any position on the Committee becomes vacant then the Committee  
> shall
> > call a General Meeting for the election of a member to that position
> > within four weeks of that position becoming vacant.
>
> 2+4 is 6 weeks, so that's about when the normal AGM is
> anyway?
>
> Matt
>
>