For the sake of accuracy, the postal ballot was called
under byelaw 42:
"On the demand of one quarter of the Members present
in
person or by proxy and entitled to vote, rising in
their seats
after the Members have voted on a motion but before
the next
business has been taken, the Chair shall rule that the
motion
be referred to a postal ballot of the Members and that
the
decision of a postal ballot shall be deemed to be the
decision
of the meeting. The meeting shall forthwith appoint
three
persons, who need not be Members, to act as
scrutineers. The
Chair shall reduce the resolutions or amendments into
the
form of alternative propositions so as best to take
the sense of
the Members on the substantial question or questions
at issue.
The wording of the resolution to appear on the postal
ballot
paper shall be decided at and agreed by the Members
present
in person and entitled to vote at the meeting. Voting
papers
setting forth these propositions shall be issued
within fourteen
days after the meeting and shall be returnable so as
to be
receivable within twenty one days after the meeting.
The
scrutineers shall meet not less than twenty one days
nor more
than twenty eight days after the meeting and shall
draw up a
report of the result of the voting, stating what
voting papers
have been rejected for non-observance of the notes and
directions thereon or disqualified by reason of the
voter being
in arrear or otherwise ineligible to vote. The report
of the
scrutineers shall be conclusive as to the result of
the voting and
the result shall take effect from the date of that
report. In the
event of a tie on a postal ballot conducted under this
Byelaw,
the resolution shall be declared not carried."
Available at :
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB4DDA2B-2051-4F1C-9EA7-8CD3CB7FD601/0/byelaws.pdf
[accessed 26 OCT 2004]
--- Maria Cotera <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>a
> member invoked Bye-law 33, which states that a
> ballot of the whole
> membership can be demanded by 20 people present at
> the AGM.
=====
Robert Card
Librarian, United College of the Ascension
Assistant Librarian, Woodbrooke Quaker Studies Centre
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