Constitutional amendment motion: Increase number of officers from 4 to 5

Posted March 6, 2023 by Jonne Sälevä ‐ 2 min read

Dear Members of the SIG,

I hope this email finds you well. As you may know, our constitution outlines the structure and function of our organization. We believe that it is important to periodically review and update our constitution to reflect changes in our membership and evolving needs.

Currently, our constitution states:

The elected officers of the SIG shall consist of a President, a Secretary and up to 4 other officers, constituting the Executive Committee. The President and Secretary shall be members in good standing of the ACL.

We are proposing a minor amendment to this paragraph to allow for up to 5 other officers on the Executive Committee. The proposed amended paragraph is as follows:

The elected officers of the SIG shall consist of a President, a Secretary and up to 5 other officers, constituting the Executive Committee. The President and Secretary shall be members in good standing of the ACL.

We believe that this amendment will allow for more diverse perspectives on the Executive Committee and improve our ability to achieve our goals as an organization.

This amendment was initiated on GitHub[0] and is supported by the following members:

  1. Jonne Sälevä (@j0ma)

  2. Sardana Ivanova (@varie)

  3. Mehmet Oguz Derin (@mehmetoguzderin)

  4. Aziza Mirsaidova (@azizamirsaidova)

  5. Jamshidbek Mirzakhalov (@mirzakhalov)

  6. Mammad Hajili (@mammadhajili)

[0]: https://github.com/sigturk/sigturk/issues/65

Voting on this amendment will begin in two months on May 5th, 2023. The voting period will last for three weeks. Further motions are permitted until one month prior to voting, which is April 5th, 2023. Please note that any further motions must be supported by at least three members.

We encourage all members to participate in the voting process and to submit any further motions they may have by the April 5th deadline. Your input is valuable to us and we appreciate your continued support of our organization. To suggest a further motion, you can open an issue on GitHub or submit complete motions with the names of the supporting members attached via email to the Secretary.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Sincerely,

Jonne Sälevä

Officer, SIGTURK