[Cz-editcouncil] Reminder - Resolution 0001: Initial comments duein one hour

[Nancy SCULERATI-SANES]

An aside- I am not listed on he editorial council on the wiki. Should I be? Was I supposed to add my name? Nancy 
On Wednesday, May 02, 2007, at 07:57AM, "Larry Sanger" <sanger at citizendium.org> wrote:
>Dear Council Members,
>
>The Chair moves that the Council adopt the resolution found at 
>
>http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Editorial_Council_Resolution_0001
>
>The Chair observes that Council Members Martin Baldwin-Edwards and John
>Moffett have already co-sponsored the resolution.
>
>Therefore, I have moved the resolution through the queue and into
>discussion.  As I understand the rules, a resolution need not spend any time
>in the queue, since the queue exists as a staging area, when the Council is
>occupied with other matters.  We are not now occupied with any other
>matters.
>
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>PRIVATE COMMENT PERIOD: According to the rules, the next step is a private
>comment period (to be followed later by a public comment period).  Since we
>have already discussed (or offered for discussion) the substance of the
>proposal for the last several days, I propose an initial, private comment
>period of 24 hours.  If you would like more time, make a motion to that
>effect (on this list) and I might allow everyone more time.  I'd like to
>avoid a vote on such motions.
>
>Also, please limit your comments to 600 words.  If you want more space, make
>a motion to that effect (on this list) and I might be persuaded to give
>everyone more space.  I'd like to avoid a vote on such motions.
>
>DUE DATE: Member comments are due, privately, to the Chair (send them
>directly to sanger at citizendium.org), Noon Eastern time, 5 PM UTC.  DO NOT
>SEND YOUR COMMENT TO THE LIST!  The Chair will post any comments received,
>all at once, at that time.
>
>UNTIL THAT DEADLINE, DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE LIST,
>ON THE WIKI, OR ON THE FORUMS IS FORBIDDEN.
>
>Once your comments are posted on this list tomorrow, as the rules state, we
>will be open for public debate of three kinds: (1) brief position
>statements, all on a single wiki page; (2) discussion on the Forum; and (3)
>longer supplementary statements from individuals, posted one statement to a
>page on the wiki.
>
>You will be able to use any comment you submit during the initial comment
>period as your position statement, if you wish.
>
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>Note: if there is no objection, prior to voting, I am going to feel free to
>continue to edit the rules in accordance with what seems best to me (and my
>sense of what the Council wants).  I think this is all right, since the
>rules have not yet been adopted, and the resolution does not specify
>precisely which version of the rules is being voted upon.  However, note
>that once the rules are adopted, the rules themselves state: "Once initially
>adopted, these rules cannot be changed by anyone, except to correct simple
>typographical errors that do not affect the meaning of rules, or via a new
>resolution."
>
>Hence, if you have any quick, easy edits to make, this is the time to make
>them.  It will become much harder to edit the rules once we've formally
>adopted them.
>
>Just to be clear: I will *not* edit the rules once we move into the voting
>period.
>
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>I *would* like you to send me a comment, just to test out the system--if for
>no other reason.
>
>The Chair
>