== Proposed constitutional amendment ==

Section 2 of the Constitution is amended to read as follows:

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2. Members

2.1. General Membership
An OCF member is a UC Berkeley student, faculty member, or staff member
who:
	(a) holds an individual OCF account, or
	(b) is physically present at a general meeting, or
	(c) has attended at least one general meeting in the current or
	previous semester, or
	(d) satisfies other criteria determined by the Decision Making
	Process.

2.2. Active Membership
An active member is an OCF member who has attended at least one general
meeting in the current or previous semester, or who is physically
present at a general meeting.

2.3. Inactive Membership
Any OCF member who is not an active member is an inactive member.
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Motivation:

The current constitution:
http://docs.ocf.berkeley.edu/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Open_Computing_Facility
does not define what a "member" of the OCF is, even though other
definitions depend on it.  This amendment is intended to clarify.


== Draft bylaws ==

The Bylaws are amended to read as follows:

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1. The General Manager and the Site Managers cannot appoint directors
except when the OCF is not formally in session and the Board of
Directors cannot achieve quorum because there are fewer than five
directors in town.

2. The OCF Board of Directors shall meet at least once every two weeks
while the OCF is formally in session.

3. Any Director appointed to the Board by the Decision Making Process
missing two consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings will be
removed from the Board, regardless of whether the meetings achieve
quorum.

4. OCF Board meetings must be announced to all Directors at least
twenty-four hours in advance.

5. Resolutions by the Board of Directors can be put to a vote
electronically via any medium which satisfies all of the following
criteria:
	
	* the medium is defined by open standards;
	* all Board members can be contacted via the medium;
	* all Board members can submit votes via the medium;
	* the results of the vote can be electronically archived for
	  future access.

When putting a resolution to the Board in this manner, all Board members
must be included in the request for votes.  Votes must be submitted via
the same medium by which the request for votes is sent.

To pass a resolution this way, a majority of all the Board members must
agree. If the motion fails to achieve a majority within seventy-two
hours of being called to such a vote, the motion fails.  The results of
the vote will be posted in roll call form.

6. Attendance lists and minutes for all OCF meetings shall be maintained
for the decisions of that meeting to be valid.

7. A Board appointment takes effect at 12:01 AM of the day after the
conclusion of the meeting at which the election took place, unless the
appointment occurred at an Elections Meeting.

8. The Board may amend these bylaws in any manner consistent with the
constitution and the bylaws promulgated by the membership.  Levels of
the Decision Making Process subordinate to the Board may not amend these
bylaws.

9. Whenever these bylaws are amended, an annotation of the date of
amendment shall be added to the beginning of this document.  The date of
amendment and the amending authority shall be noted immediately
following the amendment.
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Motivation:

There were several points at which the current bylaws:
http://docs.ocf.berkeley.edu/wiki/Bylaws_of_the_Open_Computing_Facility
were potentially ambiguous or in conflict with constitutional
requirements.  Inadequate record-keeping also means it is currently
unclear exactly which parts of the bylaws were approved when and by
whom, which makes it difficult to add to or amend them legally.  This
measure is intended to clear up ambiguities in wording, and establish
firmly who may amend the bylaws.