"Minor" means a change that the TalkBoard President and the proposer and the seconder and any other Yes voters agree is actually minor. In effect, it's a reasonable person standard.
Then a total of 6 Yes votes would still be needed to pass the motion. You don't think at least 4 TB members would object to abuse of the process? I am confident they would.
It's not possible to nail everything down in the formal process, but we've been winging this aspect of the process for years. I'd like to put at least this much of the process in writing.
So, minor means getting at least one other person to go along with pushing something through? Minor is too general, but again, this is a failure to be specific on TalkBoard's part.
You want a process to change typos? Then replace minor with typos. You want a way to change a motion? Kill the motion and propose a new one.
Originally Posted by
tcook052
So TB guidelines should be amended to accommodate the impatient TB member(s)? Sorry but the impatience factor wasn't a problem until very recently so see no real need to amend the guidelines to enable quick fixes to quick motions.
This.
Actually I first raised this idea in the private forum 2 years ago. The need for minor amendments now and then had been obvious for a long time then. It's a permanent fact of life.
Impatience is not even the most common cause of the need for a minor change to a motion. Oversights are.
Then perhaps TalkBoard members should take more time to think things through before proceeding with a motion.