Subject: Re: VP election
Dear Colleagues:
It is clear that there has been confusion surrounding the process by which we
attempted to elect the next Senate Vice-President at our meeting on Wednesday.
There is plenty of blame to go around for this confusion, perhaps most of which
rests on my shoulders. However, I think in her email message below, Mary Ann
Hyatt did an excellent job of clearly summing up the course of events. The only
thing I would add is that both candidates agreed that they would be willing to
put off the vote until the October meeting.
So I am satisfied that the plan to defer the vote accurately reflects the
preference of those at the meeting, even if the process by which we got to this
result very likely did not follow strict parliamentary procedures. I would also
like to use this incident to inform our discussions surrounding revisions to
our enabling legislation. I think the process by which we elect a Senate VP and
who is eligible to vote should be revisited so that we can avoid the sort of
confusion that hampered our efforts on Wednesday.
Yours,
Paul van Donkelaar
From: Paul van Donkelaar
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:38:48 -0700
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