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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=093065219-11072007>I fully understand
the reason for eliminating proxy voting on the Council and support it, but I
would like to propose the following for consideration by the
Council.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=093065219-11072007>It seems to me that
no constituency should be denied any of their votes in cases where the
constituency as a whole has taken a position on an issue and one of their
Council representatives cannot participate in a meeting. In such a case,
it seems reasonable to allow any one constituency representative to case all the
votes for the constituency provided an officer of the constituency confirms that
the vote indeed reflects the wishes of the full consituency as determined
through the constituencies established processes. As I envision this, it
would only apply in cases where a vote was announced in advance, a constituency
considered the choices and the constituency as a whole provided direction to its
reps regarding how to vote; otherwise, we would simply be back to proxy voting
as previously used.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=093065219-11072007>I am not suggesting
this because of any recent or anticiapted issue but rather think that it is a
procedure we should define before we encounter such a
situation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=093065219-11072007>Thoughts?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=093065219-11072007>I am not suggesting
this as an agenda item for tomorrows meeting but simply one for list
discussion. Depending on the discussion that follows, we could put this
item on a future agenda.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Chuck Gomes</FONT></DIV>
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