[Computerbank] Re: [cai-vic] What happened at the AGM?

[Penni Diffey]

Thank you for that vote of confidence. 

The proxies are private as it was a SECRET ballot.

I should mention that Kylie saw one of them when she removed it from the fax 
and the returning officer saw them both.

Pen









On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 04:18 pm, Robert Mead wrote:
> Interesting reading the messages re the AGM, I was not aware of another
> channel for discussion by some of the members and I was not advised of one
> but if I had I would have made mention that it was very unethical and
> deplorable . The AGM was not run in a efficient or legal manner for all and
> sundry to have a say. I for one would have liked to have seen the proxies
> to ensure that they were legal and correct(ie Name of member and who the
> proxy was for)
>
> Regards
>
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> On 27/11/2002 at 1:30 PM Shaun Branden wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:10:30PM +1030, Romana Challans wrote:
> >> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 03:51 pm, Kylie Davies shared:
> >> > Daniel Stone wrote:
> >> > > The conclusion was that Grant was the new president, however most of
> >
> >the
> >
> >> > > stuff at the meeting was seriously unconstitutional, and I wouldn't
> >
> >be
> >
> >> > > surpised to see it all happen again due to protests. It was a
> >
> >complete
> >
> >> > > stuff-up.
> >> >
> >> > I am glad that you said it. :)
> >> >
> >> > The other thing which probably makes the conduct of the meeting a bit
> >> > "grey" was the fact that certain members to the AGM (ie
> >> > cbnsw/cbsa/some of cb-vic) were also in another channel called
> >> > #backstabbers (sounds awful doesnt it?) This channel was a private
> >> > channel and unless you
> >
> >knew
> >
> >> > the operators you couldnt join.
> >> >
> >> > Now I am pretty sure that If you are going to attend one meeting - you
> >> > can not participate in another.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Kylie
> >>
> >> hmm, as it was #meta-backstabbers kylie, i think you got the intention
> >
> >of the
> >
> >> channel completely awry. i understand your personal slant on this, of
> >
> >course.
> >
> >> as the meeting was in #cbmeta, the channel afaik was intended to allow
> >
> >people
> >
> >> to vent steam and try and remove the sillier behaviour off the meeting
> >> channel - perhaps the choice of name was unfortunate, but certainly, as
> >
> >a
> >
> >> participant, nothing of what you imply was in evidence.
> >
> >So I gather everyone was invited to this channel and you won't mind
> >posting the un-edited logs for us all to see.
> >
> >Perhaps it is just my twisted imagination, but i imagine that this
> >channel was used by the members to guarentee a victory one way or the
> >other.
> >
> >I have this vision of Craige telling Grant "Don't worry, lets put
> >everyone out and sign me up, then I will vote for you- you can't lose".
> >
> >Again, this is just my imagination, and may not have happend, but having
> >private convos during a agm is really bad form.
> >
> >> it was not a meeting channel, more like a whispered aside during the
> >
> >meeting.
> >
> >> there is no rule about that.
> >
> >Sorry, my hearing must be worse than I thought, I didn't hear a thing.
> >
> >> btw, i prefer my grapes sweeter.
> >
> >Nice dig. you really should encourage debate, not attack those that
> >built this thing up in the first place.
> >
> >shaun
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