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By-laws: Allow out-of-season self-nominations #572

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Expand Up @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ of thoughtful contribution in a public space carries the most weight.
Membership on the committee comes with a three-year term, extended so
that a term expires only at the end of a nomination process. Call a
member who has served for over three years an "expiring" member.

A nomination process is triggered when the number of unexpiring members is
about to drop below 9.

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The nomination and voting process is kept private, by using direct
email to committee members, not the mailing list.

Additionally, anyone may self-nominate themselves anytime (by email to the secretary).
Such "out-of-season" appointments are at the discretion of the secretary, and
would typically be made to fill skills gaps on the committee, or if a previous
season was under-subscribed so that the committee was short of members.

Any member of the committee is free to step down at any time; such a member
may choose to leave the committee immediately or to wait until the
end of a nominating process (which would be triggered only when the number
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