New draft, specifying that TB members determine what is minor and publicly identifying the approvers:
The TalkBoard Guidelines shall be revised as follows:
Add item 4.B.v.
v. Any member may propose a friendly amendment to a motion before or during voting. If the originator of a motion, the seconder, and all Yes voters as of the time the friendly amendment was proposed agree that the amendment is both minor and desirable, the TalkBoard President shall revise the motion and ensure that public notices of the motion are also updated.
Modify item 4.C.v.
v. Once a TalkBoard member registers a selection that selection is final, except that a member voting No or Abstain may change that vote within 48 hours after a motion has been modified by friendly amendment. The TalkBoard President shall manually adjust the original vote count as necessary. If the possibility of changed votes exists due to a proposed friendly amendment, the TalkBoard President shall decide whether to defer public announcement of a "shall not pass" outcome until the end of the 48-hour period after the motion is modified.
Add item 4.D.v. and move current item 4.D.v. to become 4.D.vi.
v. When a friendly amendment is approved, the TalkBoard President shall instruct the TalkBoard Vice President/Secretary to post the text of the change and a list of the approving TalkBoard members in the public TalkBoard Topics thread announcing the vote.
vi. Once voting is completed and the TalkBoard President has formally announced the results of the vote in the TalkBoard forum the Vice President/Secretary shall announce the full results of the roll call vote in
a. the public TalkBoard Topics thread announcing the vote
b. a new thread in the Town Hall forum.
I'd like to see the verbiage that koko mentioned re: minor be incorporated in 4.B.v, about a friendly amendment not changing the intent of the motion etc. If you're going to change the guidelines to formalize a friendly amendment process, then being a bit more specific ala koko's verbiage (without having to do into detailed definitions trying to cover every item) would clarify/formalize what is meant by minor/friendly and I think would gather support by FTers. Otherwise you're back to the what does minor mean discussion.
Cheers.