Bylaws

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402 The GB is authorized to terminate a lifetime membership if the GB have made
403 best effort attempts in vain to establish contacts with this person.
- Lifetime membership shouldn't be revocable. Also, GB shouldn't have the rights to revoke any membership as long as his/her dues are paid, otherwise it could be a serious problem under certain situations :) And, membership not only means voting rights.
How about change this to "The GB is authorized to exclude a member into quorum calculation if the GB have made best effort attempts in vain to establish contacts with this person."? Similar to US elections require you to register before your name can show on the voter list, but your citizenship won't be revoked if you keep silent.

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GB2010 debated the concept of "membership in hibernation status".  I was told that according to relevant Delaware laws, there seems not be such a category of membership-in-hibernation (or similar concept such as on-hold) to exist.  I agree with you that the purpose of that particular clause (terminate memberships due to loss of contact) was for the calculation of quorum and related operational purposes.  So, we did provide a clause to unconditionally reinstate membership as long as the person is back into contact with GB and GB can verify the identify and intention (to reinstate the membership).  This is what GB decided to go with, but it does not mean we neglect the issue you raised.  We are striking a balance between law-abiding and operational feasibility/reasonability.

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作为一个曾在欧洲生活多年的科大人，我很诧异地看到章程中有多处条款特别强调“美国”或者甚至仅适用于“美国”。我想这些条款是美国以外的校友所无法接受的，也是不利于基金会的长期发展的。我个人认为基金会应当是全世界所有科大人的组织，尽管大部分海外校友确实生活在美国、而且校友会的成立确实由旅美校友发起。以下是相关的具体条款和我的修改建议：

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USTCAF的历史和创建人员名单见于： http://www.ustcaf.org/en/about-us/history。它的内容会有填充，比如添加向过去奉献过的志愿者们致敬的内容。但这些不是理事会眼前的急务。我的个人意见是这些内容本身不必出现在Bylaws里面。

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I am not clear about the following statement in the new propsal:

"All the then-sitting GB members, including those who resign after the beginning of ballot casting for the failed election, shall be excluded from 339 the election committee as well as the candidacy in the re-election;"

Why those resigned GB members are excluded from re-election? Does that mean they cannot be the candidates for the re-election? Or do they need to apply again to be candidates? Will re-election have the same candidates as failed-election?

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想法是这样的：

（1） 发生这种重选举对于USTCAF来说会是一个重大事件。 部分原因可能将会是当任的理事会没能做得更好。因此，当任的理事会成员将被排除在重选举的候选人当中。

（2）　在这种特别发起的选举中，除了当任的理事会成员不能成为候选人以外，对于别的候选人的资格要求和普通选举是一样的。由此也可看出，就目前的Ｂｙｌａｗｓ的规定，每一次选举的候选人都需要（自我或他人的）提名，都要有本人的候选宣言。重选举的候选人和失败选举的候选人不一定相同，但也不是完全不允许重叠。要看每一个人的资格认定。

（３）　在排除当任的理事会成员的候选资格的时候，如有辞职的情况存在，是以事后来看辞职是否发生在失败选举开始投票的那一天为准的。可能有别的日子（比如失败选举的Date of Record）也可以用作此目的。但我想，在一个选举开始的那一天（尚未知是否能达到选举人数的时候）却要辞职的，其个人对于此前该任理事会的工作表现是不能脱钩的。因此，不应有候选资格。

（４）在重选举的时候，任何有资格投票的实际参与投票的会员将组成Ｑｕｏｒｕｍ。获得多数票的候选人组成理事会。这样组成的理事会应享有正常选出的理事会同样的权利，同时还可以有一项新权利：即选择适当时候举办选举并藉此终止自身的任期。这一句话其实在目前的实践中没什么用途。但在重选举中当选的理事会有可能会想要这一项权利来转换到正常选举的月份，如果Bylaws里面确定使用固定的选举日期的话。

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I noticed the current GB term has been extended up to 13 months – however, it may still be very limited. I wish each GB could either serve two years for one election and/or in each election, only 50% of the current GB member being re-elected. This will avoid a lot of new orientation.

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