One person can take everyone’s objections by email then print them and mail them in.
Mike
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On Apr 20, 2021, at 10:37 PM, Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Bob Liddy (K8BL) k8bl@ameritech.net wrote: I was just trying to understand if there was some line not to step over and what might happen if one did and if one could ever back up over that line and become OK again and why and when.
The short answer is "the board can do whatever they want". You don't even get a vote, this time, since getting 10% of the membership to mail in paper objection in time, using the post office, was never possible.
The longer answer:
ar·bi·trary | \ ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē , -ˌtre-rē \ Definition of arbitrary 1a: existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will an arbitrary choice When a task is not seen in a meaningful context it is experienced as being arbitrary. — Nehemiah Jordan b: based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something an arbitrary standard take any arbitrary positive number 2a: not restrained or limited in the exercise of power : ruling by absolute authority an arbitrary government b: marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of power protection from arbitrary arrest and detention 3law : depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law The manner of punishment is arbitrary.
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