On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 10:01:38PM +0100, Roy Bamford wrote:
> > To work backwards from the AGM, can we agree to set recommended
> > periods
> > for the election timeline:
...
> That all works for me. My preference is to see it written in time before
> AGM as the AGM is not fixed.
I should said, this was working relative to the date of any hypothetical
AGM. Not a specific AGM happening August 15th.

> > Concerns:
> > Could somebody with a more rules-lawyer oriented thought process
> > confirm
> > how the 10-60 days in Bylaw 3.7 constrain the recordation date?
> 
> The two are not strictly connected.
> The 10-60 day window is for the AGM announce. Its straight out of 
> the NM statutes. 
That's in Bylaw 3.4.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_3.4._Notice

> The Record date is the date when the list of potential participants 
> in the forthcoming election is closed. Its public purpose is a call for 
> new members to join if they want to participate in the election.
Bylaw 3.7 covering recordation ALSO mentions 10-60 days.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_3.7._Fixing_Record_Date.
And my question is how THAT requirement needs to be conveyed.
E.g. Do the trustees have to give 10-60 days notice of the recordation
date?

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