i don't have my ballot yet. and, the ballot questions aren't on the website. however, the bylaw changes that occur if the ballot questions are carried are on USAT's website.
when i look at these changes, i find no big problems. yes, there were rumors of additional, more problematic, changes to the bylaws that might be made, but as i look at the bylaws, nothing there bothers me.
therefore, i'm almost certainly going to vote YES on both ballot initiatives when i read them. while there are problems with certain of the initiatives (an imminent reapportionment is almost guaranteed under the new bylaws, as lew pointed out) the problems aren't overwhelming, and certain of the bylaws as they now exist are improved by the amendments.
i wrote about this on slowtwitch, in an oped, and in it i explain why i'm not bothered by the new bylaw changes, chiefly that everything lew & i thought were important in the bylaw petition voted on 9 or so months ago remains in the bylaws, according to those bylaw changes i read today on USAT's website.
that's my dos centavos.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
when i look at these changes, i find no big problems. yes, there were rumors of additional, more problematic, changes to the bylaws that might be made, but as i look at the bylaws, nothing there bothers me.
therefore, i'm almost certainly going to vote YES on both ballot initiatives when i read them. while there are problems with certain of the initiatives (an imminent reapportionment is almost guaranteed under the new bylaws, as lew pointed out) the problems aren't overwhelming, and certain of the bylaws as they now exist are improved by the amendments.
i wrote about this on slowtwitch, in an oped, and in it i explain why i'm not bothered by the new bylaw changes, chiefly that everything lew & i thought were important in the bylaw petition voted on 9 or so months ago remains in the bylaws, according to those bylaw changes i read today on USAT's website.
that's my dos centavos.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman