mrpony
What are the BASSA executive voting rules for carrying a motion in an emergency meeting?
Assuming Dawdler's rumour to be correct, that BASSA's GS is on his own while the rest of the BASSA committee are in favour of acceptance, then as you have pointed out the lack of unanimity would trigger an emergency meeting of the committee.
If the emergency meeting only requires, say, a 2/3rds majority then assuming the committee is three or greater, including the GS, the motion to accept BA's offer would pass.
With the support of the majority of the committee then the Branch meeting for ratification would become a bun fight between how many of the GS's supporters can be crammed into the tent versus supporters of the rest of the committee and for once there would most certainly be a dissenting show of hands which would need to be managed on the floor.
This whole performance would need scrutinising and counting very carefully by an independent auditor to make sure of fair play among people who have shown a distinct lack of integrity on many prior occasions.
Ludicrous to be thinking that this is what BASSA interprets as 'democracy' but it does seem very plausible under the current circumstances!
All conjecture, of course.
Last edited by AV Flyer; 10th May 2011 at 10:37.