[Cz-editcouncil] Motion to amend passes; vote on resolution itself to begin

[Larry Sanger]

Dear Council members,

The motion to amend Resolution 0001 by replacing the rules with Amendment 1
has passed by a vote of 22-0.

Therefore, here are the new rules that Resolution 0001 refers to:

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Editorial_Council_Rules_of_Procedure

Congratulations to everyone on successfully carrying out our first vote!
It's just a vote on a motion to amend, but it represents a solid step toward
a real "online representative republic"--which is personally very exciting.

---------

I want to *begin* voting on the resolution itself in 24 hours--that is, if
there is no informal objection, no motion to extend
(http://tinyurl.com/3clqbp), and no motion to reverse the Chair action
(http://tinyurl.com/3clqbp).  In other words, I'm giving the Council 24
hours to object to our ending discussion of Resolution 0001 in 24 hours, and
beginning a vote on it at that time.  Of course, anyone may make *new*
resolutions amending the rules after that.

Therefore, we will begin voting on Resolution 0001, for at least 72 hours of
non-weekend time beginning 6 PM UTC tomorrow; the earliest time we could end
(according to the rules, which blocks out 6 AM UTC Friday through 4 PM UTC
Monday) would be 4 AM *next* Tuesday, so we'll make the ending time instead
3 PM UTC (so that I'm awake when the vote ends).

Starting time: Tuesday, May 22, 6 PM UTC/1 PM EST
Ending time: Tuesday, May 29, 3 PM UTC/10 AM EST

I think this is reasonable, because, as you can see from the Council log,

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Editorial_Council_Log

Resolution 0001 entered the agenda on May 1, and the Council has had fully
three weeks to offer its feedback.  Amendment 1 does, to the best of my
ability, satisfy the requests made earlier by Council members, and no other
comments remain to be addressed, to my knowledge.

By the way, when the vote concludes, the Chair will entertain 3-6
resolutions to work on at once.  If it requires a month for a resolution to
get through the Council, we absolutely must work on multiple resolutions at
once, or we will get virtually nothing done.

The Chair