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Originally Posted by ZogG View Post
What should be done and how should it be done to replace or remove one of the council if the most community would vote like that?
There are currently no provisions for forcing a removal of Council. The only clear mechanism available is calling for a new Council election. Given the current status of things would cause more disruption than it would help (IMHO). But if the call is loud enough, it would be doable.

In all reality, this Council should (and likely will) hold it's position for a short term anyway (4.5 months vs 6) because of the delays in the election nomination and actual voting in the past cycle. Elections are typically held in September and March. While the current Council could continue on until October to do a full 6 month term, I see no reason to require that. I personally would push to keep elections on the September/March time frame unless there is a clear reason to do otherwise. (Like the formation of a separate legal entity requiring a separately elected governing body.)

As for those saying the "community has no input", I remind you that Council members are replying here, hold weekly open meetings on an open forum, and were elected in an open, well documented process. Saying you have (or had) "no input" is simply false on it's face. If what you mean instead is "you won't do everything I demand exactly as and when I demand you do it", well, welcome to life.

If you think you have what it takes to make things happen, then run for Council, or get involved in projects that will move the community in the way you desire it to move. There are lots of things that need to get done and not enough people helping. One thing we have plenty of right now is people complaining and expressing their opinion on how they think others should do things. If you believe that strongly in something, pick up a task and do something to actually help the community instead of posting/whining here.

(And this isn't directed at ZogG, who has done such things, but to everyone bitterly complaining about things beyond the point of usefulness.)
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