[committee] [wheel] UCC policies and regulations

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On Mon, 28 May 2018, gozzarda at ucc.asn.au wrote:

> Thanks for your response. Please see my comments below. I hope this clarifies the situation. Please contact me or Committee if
> you have any further questions.

I don't have questions, just comments, so will respond below as well.

> Section 25.2 of our constitution specifies "Creation, modification, or removal of policy shall require written notice and shall
> only be passed by special resolution at a General Meeting." It seems pretty clear that this means Committee does not have this
> power, as the Committee does not have the powers of a General Meeting. The Committee only has powers granted by the
> constitution, so a regulation binding the current Committee to their own rules would be fine, but they would not be capable of
> binding future Committees.

This section was intended for protecting the insurance money, it's not 
about day-to-day policies and procedures. 
 
> This is why the Committee is able to create regulations that are agreements they bind themselves to. The ability to bind future
> Committees would be an act of policy, which the Committee does not have the power to do.

Not really, any future committee could revoke or review or update 
(non-s25) policies, but those those that are established remain in effect 
until a committee does so.

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