[NCSG-EC] Procedural errors

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Dear all,

Staff has pointed out that we made a procedural error in our Friday meeting:
two decisions that are in conflict with each other, both cannot be let stand.

Specifically, like proxy, temporary alternate can only be appointed for
a councillor who's formally still in office. When a councillor resigns,
proxy assignments and temporary alternate appointments are nullified,
and a temporary replacement (different from alternate) should be appointed.
So if we deem Ed to have resigned, Tatiana's appointment is void.

This should not be hard to fix, but as time is short, I am going to let
Tatiana's appointment stand as it is and set our decision regarding Ed
aside, or rather consider the latter to be mere discussion.

The practical reason for this is obviously the need to have Tatiana
in council for the vote tomorrow and we don't have time to make new
decisions before then.

There's also the formal point that member removal is a significant
decision, especially so when circumstances are unusual like now, and
non-trivial decisions should not be made as last-minute AOB items.

This should not be too hard to do properly, especially if we can agree
on the list about Ed's status and replacement (changing Tatiana's
status from alternate to replacement), or otherwise let's put it on
next meeting agenda.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen