Shortcut to Becoming Official?
Steve McCarty (steve_mc@ws0.kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
Mon, 11 May 1998 07:24:00 -1000
What do you think of the idea of making a Constitution with enough of a
structure to allow for offices, the committee system, elections and
other parliamentary procedures for the time being? That is, instead of
waiting weeks or months for all the details of the Bylaws to be formed
(some of which depend on incorporating the organization somewhere), we
could try to pass the Constitution and make the organization official as
soon as possible. Besides keeping up with the initiatives of members
which keep running ahead, the biggest reason is to be able to invite the
rest of the world to get involved as soon as we have at least a mailing
list to hold them all (not just to have them visit our Website and then
leave). The question would just remain, do we hold the elections before
(with a small number of people who know what has gone on) or after
inviting thousands of people? True, it takes narratives beyond the
Constitution to explain WAOE, but these will get a lot more action than
waiting for Bylaws--that the committees can help draw up if they get
formed. So I suggest, take a shortcut to becoming official, and invite
the world as soon as we're ready to process their memberships. That
might about coincide with the time to prepare our narrative explanation
of WAOE, how the need was recognized and so forth. Maybe the place for
the Preamble is out there on all the discussion lists and Websites where
we each have networks of esteemed colleagues. What do you think of this
course of action? In any case I've posted a new "Draft Constitution
Articles I-V of VI" on the WebBBS, so take a look at URL
<http://155.43.48.225:2020/cgi-bin/wao6.pl>.
Collegially,
Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan
steve_mc@ws0.kagawa-jc.ac.jp
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html