Utah Birds Records Committee
Bylaw change proposals
(7 Oct 2015)

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Instructions: Since it was determined in the last vote that section IV.C.10 should be changed (the vote was 6 to 2) and the vote on which proposed change should replace it was a tie between Proposal A and Proposal B, this is a run-off vote.

    (The deadline for your vote is September 30th)
   

  Choose between the two following proposals:
 

                    [original wording of Section IV.C.10]

Proposal A: KENNY'S AMENDMENT:

     Change the following two sections of the Bylaws (IV.C.10.b&c.):
10. Decisive and Non-decisive Votes.
       b. For Second Round votes to be decisive and to stop the record from going to a third round, the record would require at least 7 votes to accept or 6 votes to reject. Voting on a second-round record ends as soon as 7 votes to accept or 6 votes to reject have been cast. If, at the end of the two-month deadline the required 7 votes to either accept or reject have not been met, the record will go to a third round.
       c. For a Third Round record to be Accepted, the record must be 7-2 (receive no more than 2 reject votes), provided that all members have voted, or at least 7 members must have voted and the two-month deadline has passed. Records with between 3 and 5 reject votes will be classified as "Not Accepted - Split Decision". Records with 6 or more reject votes will be considered "Not Accepted".

Proposal B: RICK'S AMENDMENT:

     Change the following sections of the Bylaws (IV.C.10.a-c. and insert d.):

IV.C.10   Decisive and Non-decisive Votes
       a. First-round votes must be unanimous either in the affirmative or negative in order to be decisive. Otherwise the record will go to a second round of review. Records decided in the first round would be considered either "strongly endorsed" or "strongly not-endorsed" for purposes of record keeping.
       b. Second-round votes will be considered decisive with at least 6 votes either in the affirmative or negative. Otherwise the record will go to a third round of review. Records decided in the second round would be considered either "strongly endorsed" or "strongly not-endorsed" for purposes of record keeping.
       c. No record will go more than three rounds. Third-round votes meeting the levels of the first or second round , would be consider either "strongly endorsed" or "strongly not-endorsed" for purposes of record keeping. Records with the majority of committee members voting affirmative will be considered "endorsed" and all other records not meeting the above criteria will be considered "not-endorsed" for purposes of record keeping.
       d. Only first state records that are "strongly endorsed" will be included on the official state checklist. Records that are either "strongly endorsed" or "endorsed" will be included on the "Official Sightings List" (for purposes of considering whether a species should be on the "Review Species List"). All records except "strongly not-endorsed" (considered to be mis-identifications) will be included in the "Comprehensive Sightings List".
       e. (change present section "d" to section "e")
 

                    Vote: 4 for A, 4 for B
     

 

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