The following was proposed by a member as a 'motion from the floor' for
the 2002 AGM.

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Dear AGM secretary;

We hereby submit the following motion for the 2002 NCF Annual General Meeting.

moved by William Watt  ag384
seconded by Geoff Gigg di874

that the the maximum size of a member's webpage be doubled to 2 megabytes.

Rationale:
The motion is intended to attract and retain members.
Members have been leaving to go elsewhere for bigger webpages.
These members are likely to be the ones most able to assist new members.
Potential members are likely put off by the small webpage size. The
NCF spent a lot of money for and has had a lot of problems with faster
 modems to attract and retain members. Increasing webpage size will
 attract and retain new members at no cost and with no problems.
In the past information providers used newsgroups. Now they use
 webpages. Information providers tend to be strong supporters.
Members have been told the large number of inactive newsgroups with
 undeleted articles are not a problem because there is plenty of
 unused disk space on the system.
Since webpages are static there will not be a noticeable increase in
 incremental streaming tape backups.
Since whole disk backups copy all the existing disk to tape there
 will not be an increase in the scheduled backups.
This motion will show what level of support there is among the members
 for increased webpage size.
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In December 1996, the Board adopted the following procedure regarding
'motions from the floor':

AGM Procedure for accepting motions from the floor
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1)  Deadline for motions from the floor
2)  Motions appropriate for an AGM
 a)  Proper format of motions
 b)  What kind of motions are appropriate
 c)  How the board will proceed with these motions

1) Deadline for motions from the floor:

     Members who wish to raise motions at the Annual General Meeting
must present the fully-documented motions to the Board of Directors
at least seven(7)  days before the Board meeting held the month
before the AGM at the absolute latest.

    (for example: If the AGM starts on February 24, all AGM motions
    must be submitted to the Board seven days before the January board
    meeting)

    Motions to be considered must be a) submitted to the secretary of the
Board for inclusion in the agenda and b) posted to the AGM newsgroup or
to the Board newsgroup if there is no AGM newsgroup.

2a)  Proper format of motions

    All motions must have a mover and seconder, should be written out
precisely  (eg. I move that x, y & z be the last three letters of the
english alphabet), and must be accompanied by  all necessary supporting
information when it is submitted.


2b)  What kind of motions are appropriate

Motions considered appropriate for an AGM include:

  -motions requiring the resignation of a member    (requires 3/4 of votes)
  -"" requiring the resignation of a director       (requires 2/3 of votes)
  -"" requiring the resignation of a member of the executive  (2/3 of votes)
  -"" to make amendments to the bylaws              (requires 2/3 of votes)
  -"" recommending rules and regulations to the board of directors
                                                    (requires a majority vote)
                                                    (requires a majority vote)

2c)  How the board will proceed with these motions

These motions fall into two overall categories; the motions to change they
way the National Capital FreeNet works, and the motions requesting
resignations.

   Motions in the first category (amendments to bylaws or rules and
regulations) will be discussed as Board business at the Board meeting one
month prior to the AGM.  These motions will be voted on by the Board,
and if approved will be included in the AGM.

   Motions calling for resignations will be accepted for the AGM if one
current  Board member in good standing is willing to officially second the
motion. If  a Board member as described above is willing to be the seconder
(or mover) of such a motion, then these motions will not require a Board
vote to be included in the AGM.