2013 Polls

Polls held on Central during 2013:

• Amendment to Election and Poll Procedures, section 8. Proposal for poll posted on Central [1] 8th January 2013. Poll commenced on Central and notified by Special Notice on 16th January 2013 [2]. Poll result announced 24th January 2013 [3]. Proposal for amendments carried by 90% majority.

• Proposal for a Working Team to be set up to look into forming a Trading Subsidiary. Proposal for poll posted on Central [4] 10th January 2013. Poll commenced on Central and notified by Special Notice on 18th January 2013 [5]. Poll results announced 26th January 2013 [6] with 91% majority for the proposal. The Team was subsequently set up on 10th February 2013 after discussion and polls on Structure.

• Proposal that the offer from a Mug Company, to market Freegle badged mugs, with no cost to Freegle but a share of profits, and a link to their website should be rejected on principle. Poll commenced 27th March 2013. Results: Agree 54 (57%); Disagree, it should be explored further without commitment at this stage 31 (32%); Abstain 4 (4%); Abandon 5 (5%). No further action was taken.

• Proposal that the Affiliation Policy is amended to include that Freegle can be proactive in encouraging provision. Poll commenced 20th April 2013. Proposal carried by 89% majority.

• Proposal on Payment for Services: Structure group proposes that any Volunteer - whether elected, active centrally, or not - can receive payment for services for Freegle, as long as everything is properly documented and the process is fair and transparent. If this proposal is accepted here (by a simple majority), work will commence on adjusting relevant policies and procedures to enable this to happen. Poll commenced on 30th May 2013. Results: Yes, I agree with this proposal 61 (89%); No, I disagree with this proposal 6 (8%); Abstain 1 (1%). The wiki was amended to note this decision within the Financial procedures.

• Proposal to amend the Affiliation Policy (http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Group_Affiliation_Team_Freegle_Affiliation_Policy) in respect of Specialist groups to include the wording that was agreed by Structure group and posted on Central in message 39952. Poll commenced 3rd August 2013. Results: [7] I agree with this proposal, 43 votes, 95.56%; I do not agree with this proposal, 2 votes, 4.44%; I abstain (and will explain on Central), 0 votes, 0.00% . The wiki was amended.

• Proposal to adopt the recommendation to change Freegle from an unincorporated association to an IPS, in line with the report of the TSW Team. Poll commenced 28.8.13, finished 10.9.13, results [8] announced: 94 votes in total, "I agree that Freegle should convert to an IPS as proposed in the report, and the relevant constitutional changes should be put to a national full volunteer poll , 84 votes, 89.36% and I do not agree that Freegle should convert to an IPS, 10 votes, 10.64%

• Proposal: Structure recommends the idea of introducing a second category of affiliation which would allow groups not following the full criteria (eg. cafes) to become 'Friends of Freegle' is dropped. Msg 41974. Result: A. Agree the recommendation to drop the idea of cafe and non-reuse group affiliation., 49 votes, 90.74% - B. Take the discussion back to Structure for more discussion on points raised in discussion., 3 votes, 5.56% -Abstain - please explain on Central, 2 votes, 3.70%
  

Result announced 16.11.13 [9]

• AGM 2013 Recommendation for Auditor Poll held during AGM in November on Central.

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