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RSICC Voting Policy
General Info • Ballot
Protocol • Mandatory Votes • Current
Vote Counting Personnel • Recommendations for
Vote Counters • References
See also:
Main Voting Index
- Who may vote? RSICC guild members and nominees who have accepted their nomination.
- Votes may be changed within the voting period. [ref.]
- Vote duration 24 hours unless specified, such as over a week-end [ref.]
- Couples: one vote each (if the spouse is also a member of the guild). [ref]
- Ties shall be broken by the current facilitator. [ref.]
- Any member of the guild may create a ballot
- In general, each ballot submitted will be reviewed by the facilitators prior to being
forwarded to the guild for a vote.
- The facilitators may approve, reject, amend, or return the ballot to the author for
revision prior to submitting it to the guild for a vote.
- If a guild member feels their ballot is being unfairly rejected or amended, they may
appeal this to the facilitators. If the facilitators do not accept the appeal, the guild
member may circumvent the facilitators by sending the ballot directly to the members of the
guild.
- In the case of a time-sensitive vote, any guild member may compose and send a ballot
directly to the members of the guild.
- Any vote that circumvents the facilitators will require at least as 3/4 margin or greater
to pass.
- Any vote that circumvents the facilitators will require at least a 48 hour time period for
consideration (96 hours when spanning a weekend).
Compiled from: Yes,
there may be Mandatory Votes (Nov 14, 2001 11:52 pm MST through
Nov 15, 2001 11:52 pm MST)
Issues may arise that will be deemed of such importance that all guild members will be required
to vote on them in order to maintain their standing as a guild member.
"Mandatory" means "required." Neglecting participation in even one
such vote would warrant removal from the guild. That is why such votes would be rare, and
only for the case of mission-altering situations so that the member can determine whether they
want to continue with the guild or not.
Before such a vote is called, it must be approved by a vote sent to all guild members and pass
by a margin greater than 3/4.
This pre-vote should last for 48 hours
When a mandatory vote is called, presuming operational status of current communications
systems, the duration of the vote will be determined in a case-by-case basis at the time of
preliminary voting, but will likely run for at least two weeks.
Because some guild members are often on the road with speaking responsibilities or other
matters, they should stay in touch (e.g. leaving contact information) with another guild member of
their choosing to be apprised of any mandatory votes that arise.
Mandatory votes will be required for
- Substantial changes to the mission statement
- Fundamental structure change of organization
- Fundamental policy changes
Compiled from: vote
tallying protocol (Nov 29, 2001 2:11 pm MST through
Nov 30, 2001 2:11 pm MST)
- All votes cast, that are not silent ballots, shall be sent to vote@remnantsaints.com
where they are
- (1) saved to a file on the server which can be archived every so often for back-up copy
purposes and
- (2) forwarded to rs_vote@yahoogroups.com
where they are then
- Every vote tally shall be reviewed by at least two individuals. One presents a tally, and the
other verifies the tally. If there is a discrepancy, the source of the discrepancy shall be
determined, and an accurate tally presented.
- Votes pertaining to personnel shall always be done by secret ballot.
- Anyone serving as a vote counter may either tally the votes or confirm the tally done by
another vote counter.
- The reporting of the votes to the guild may be done by anyone serving as a vote counter (still
will require approval by the rs_admin moderator(s).
- Each ballot (except secret ballots) shall contain the following information:
This is how I handle the votes as they come in. Some of these tips might help you handle
the messages in an organized way.
- I send a confirmation message to the sender [only one of us needs to do this]
- I create a folder in my email program with a brief name for a particular vote. These
folders are located within a folder called "voting" in a folder for guild messages.
- As the votes come in, I file them in that folder. In this same folder, I also file the
vote announcement message as well as the preliminary drafts and follow-up announcement of the
vote results.
- To tally the votes, I print out a copy of the ballot, draw sufficient vertical lines on the
page for the number of voters who have responded, and draw horizontal lines between the vote
options, and then one by one write in the person's name, and then place check marks next to the
respective votes.
- When a vote is complete, I record it at the website, and I move the folder into another folder
called "archive" within the "voting" folder.
- vote tallying
protocol (Nov 29, 2001 2:11 pm MST through Nov 30, 2001
2:11 pm MST)
- tie breaking by
current facilitator (via email) (24 hrs: Nov 30, 2001 10:39
am MST through Dec. 1, 2001 10:39 am MST)
- help tallying votes (72 hrs: Nov 23, 2001
4:36 pm MST through Nov 26, 2001 4:36 pm MST)
- YES: amending vote within voting
period is permitted [5 for; 1 against; 26 qualified voters] (Nov 13, 2001
5:26 pm MST through Nov 14, 2001 5:26 pm MST)
- vote duration 24 hours unless
specified, such as over a week-end [5 votes for 24 hours; 2 votes for 48 hours; 26 qualified
voters] (Nov 12, 2001 5:42 pm MST - Nov 13, 2001
5:42 pm MST)
- couples: one vote each
[CONCLUSION: each member of the guild gets one vote, even if they are married to another guild
member] (Sat Nov 10, 2001 9:09 am MST through Nov 11,
2001 3:09 pm MST)
- Yes, there may be
Mandatory Votes (Nov 14, 2001 11:52 pm MST through Nov 15, 2001
11:52 pm MST)
- any member of the guild may create a ballot
(24 hrs: Jan 5, 2002 2:45 pm through Jan 6, 2002
2:50 pm MST)
- Tips for Bernhardt Arnold on
vote counting committee (Feb. 28, 2002)
Page posted by SDA Dec. 1, 2001
Last updated on March 05, 2002
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