Proposal to use Weighted Voting to Change the Tasar Class Rules
and Constitution
At the Tasar World Council meeting in Phuket, on July 3, 2007, the
Japan Tasar Association presented the following proposal to use
weighted voting for changes to the constitution and class
rules:
Proposed Method of Weighted Voting:
* voting would continue to be by district and region, as at
present * the district or region with the smallest number of
members would have one vote. * all other districts and regions
would have additional votes, in proportion to the number of members
in the region or district.
For example:
Region or district
|
Number of members
|
Votes
|
A
|
20
|
1
|
B
|
50
|
2.5
|
C
|
80
|
4
|
The World Council passed following motion:
"That Tasar class members be asked to vote on whether to adopt the
proposed method of weighted voting for changes to the World Tasar
Class Association constitution and class rules."
The vote on this proposal will use the present provisions of the
constitution (see Article
17) and class rules (see rule
B.4), which require that at least two thirds of the 10 regional
and district associations vote in favour of the proposed
change.
If the proposal is approved:
* the "number of members" for each district or region would be the
number reported to the Executive Secretary in December of the year
before a proposal is circulated for voting * all the weighted votes
of each district or region would be either for or against the
proposal being voted on. * approval of a proposal would require two
thirds of the weighted votes to be in favour. * the class rules and
constitution will be amended to incorporate the change.
Your district or region will be asking you to vote on this
proposal.
Richard Spencer Executive Secretary