General Assembly 2010

Welcome to MOSS GA2010. This page provides the GA2010 event flow and the procedure for nomination of posts for MOSS Steering Committee, the electoral process and other related issues. We will keep this page updated to let you know the venue of the event as soon as we get the confirmation however this date and time of the event is already confirmed to be Tuesday, June 8, 2010. We would like to invite all the FLOSS enthusiasts to be present in this remarkable event as we would also be gathering ideas, suggestions and comments to formulate this years activity calendar. If you have an idea share with us and help us bring a positive change.

Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Giyasuddhin International School

Post's in MOSS Steering Committee:

  • President/ Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Program Coordinator
  • PR Coordinator

Mandate:

  • Elected in GA
  • Term: 1 year
  • Requirement: 50 % of members attending GA (Other meetings 60 % of SC attending)

Member list:

  • Retrieved from Registered Users on moss.org.mv
  • Open for membership via mailing list
  • Open for membership via news media

Proposed:

  • Multiple Post's (below Secretary):
  • Dedicated posts for specific functions
    • magazine coordinator
    • support coordinator
    • etc.

Mandate:

  • Assignment by Steering Committee
  • Term: 1 year

Term for Steering Committee, Multiple Post:

  • Elected for one (1) year

Proposal Change in Composition of Steering Committee:

  1. Would require change of MOSS Statutes in regards to number of posts:
    • President (1) / Vice President (1)
    • Secretary (1)
    • Treasurer (1)
    • Program Coordinator (1)
    • PR Coordinator (1)

Proposal Multiple Post:

Advantage:

  • Assigning Post gives responsibility/ accountability to members

Disadvantage:

  • Assignment to multiple posts could overwhelm individual (possible relief from Multiple Post when Members/Manpower grows)

General NGO Requirements:

Govermental Recognition:

  • In All Meetings: President + 1 Secretary + at least one member attending

  • Importance of NGO: Number of Members

  • Recognition as NGO: min. 1 GA annually, Submission of yearly program report / audit report (7 founding members)

General Assembly Procedures:

  • Location: Giyasuddhin International School
  • Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2010
  • Attending members: Min. 27
  • Time: 8:30pm

Schedule:

1.0 Introductory Speech

2.0 Progress Report/ Annual Report

3.0 Election

3.1 Introduction of Candidates for Post

  • President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer,
  • Program Coordinator,
  • PR Coordinator

3.2 Specifications of electoral process:

  • Self-nomination includes acceptance of Post if elected
  • Once elected for post, candidate exits election for other post of preference
  • Presidential election makes candidate with 2nd most votes Vice President
  • Candidate for President can candidate for Secretary if he is not elected as president
  • Individual can candidate (express Preference) for max. 2 post's in GA
  • In case President is candidate with 2nd most votes in Presidential election, he is becoming member of the Advisory Council and the Candidate with the 3rd most votes becomes Vice President