May 2011 Poll

This poll was held in May, initial result announced on 31st May 2011 on Central [1].

First question:

The Reps have suggested opening a bank account for Freegle with Unity Bank.

In order to do this a constitution needs to be provided along with other paperwork. Previous discussions on Structure about a governing document have now been brought forward and a new document drafted and discussed.

If this document is approved, it will require a 66% majority of those voting in a subsequent poll to make changes, but a simple majority is all that is needed for acceptance in this poll.

Do you approve the Freegle Constitution?

Yes - approve the Freegle constitution - 106 votes - 93%
No - do not approve the Freegle constitution - 2 votes - 1.75%
Abstain - 6 votes - 5.25%

Second question:

Proposed procedure for elected roles:

If a vacancy for any elected post (Rep, Ombudsman, Returning Officer etc.) occurs within 3 months of election, the role vacancy should be offered to the next highest voted candidate, provided they gained at least 75% of the votes of the lowest successful candidate in the most recent election.

Elections from now on will state that this auto-promotion will be in effect and that there will be an option to vote for 'none or no others'.

Do you want Freegle to adopt this procedure?

Yes - adopt this procedure - 103 votes - 90.35%
No - do not adopt this procedure - 9 votes - 7.9%
Abstain - 2 votes - 1.75%

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There are a few votes that need checking - a couple that have put their user name as their group and a couple that have voted twice - but none of these are sufficient to change things enough to bring about a different result.

Both the constitution and the auto-promotion procedure are therefore carried by a good majority.

The final "corrected if necessary" result after checks have been made will be published in about a week. (1)

Stuart Fraser
R.O.

(1) Adjusted and final result announced 7th June 2011 [2] - percentages/results above changed to reflect this.

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