Another astute comment given due focus

In the spirit of an earlier comment, here are some questions that might be adopted for future town hall style sessions, or else for addressing to iNTOUCH or countdown@tac. I stress that this a quick draft on one subject only - there are many more it seems, and other readers here may feel inclined to add their ideas.

THE VOTE

1. Define the voting process - who among the members may vote and what qualifications if any are applied ?

2. What constitutes a quorum for such a vote, and is this quorum exceptional in any way when compared with other voting occasions within TAC?

3.What constitutes a binding result - is it a simple majority either way [50% of votes counted plus or minus one vote] providing that a quorum has been obtained ?

4. What happens if a quorum cannot be obtained on the first or a subsequent occasion - is the decision delegated to a vote by another body e.g. Board of Governors, and, if so, would this be constitutionally correct or for that matter appropriate in the likelihood that any such other body would not have been put in place or elected to office on the basis of any professed opinion by its members of the proposed TAC redevelopment project ?

5. What is the methodology of the vote - at a special meeting by show of hands or yeas and nays, or by paper ballot by mail or drop ?

6. If voting will be or can be by paper ballot, will it be a true secret ballot or will the general manager and/or his staff be tasked to open ballots received by mail or drop in order to check off members' credentials - as was reportedly done in either or both the elections to Board of Governors in 2004 and 2005 [which ostensibly would suggest that members' votes could be unofficially recorded by name]?

7. Will the vote be audited by a truly disinterested neutral party [i.e. not TAC's current auditors, who - no professional offense intended - could not be construed to be disinterested, but presumably a qualified organisation having neither members at TAC nor a commercial relationship with TAC now or in the future]?

There may be more questions on this single matter of voting.......see how suspicious this whole set of shenanigans is making some people, me included !

Now for a list of questions about project costs and who gets paid what and who has been paid already........