Thread: [Referendum] [Council] Hildon Foundation and Maemo Community Council(s)
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2013-03-26 , 18:07
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Originally Posted by joerg_rw View Post
Probably due to legal reasons the HiFo bylaw hasn't defined MCC and MCC's rules as HiFo's Council, but defined it anew under the term HFC with slightly changed name and basically identical rules.
The change was mainly because until we get the legal paperwork in place, Hildon Foundation can't use the Maemo name. Once we get that, we could file a DBA and/or change the ByLaws to adapt whatever name we want.

Originally Posted by joerg_rw View Post
What I'd want to get checked though is the binding of future HFC rule changes to a referendum, this needs to be kept for HFC rules (and probably for complete HiFo rules of which HFC rules are a subset). Haven't read the HiFo bylaws yet, regarding that.
In a way, this rule set does exactly that. The existing ByLaws allow for Council to self-govern to a great extent, and make it's own rules. The only "set in stone" rules are the time-frames and number of nominee issues, which are part of the ByLaws. To change ByLaws, it takes a vote of both Council and Board (but not a community referendum). The Council may (at it's option) call a referendum and use that to guide it's vote.

As for this referendum, the way it's phrased would bind future Council to call a referendum and vote accordingly to change the voting rules. This would effectively mean to change them it would require a vote of Board and Council (required by ByLaws), and a referendum (required by these rules) to pull off a change.

Realistically, if a referendum is passed/rejected by the community, I don't see Council or Board voting against those wishes, since both are here to serve that community.
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