Nigel, Sander, I would rather prefer option 2:
2. The Board could take a two-step approach to the Charging Scheme. In May, members would vote on individual issues such as charging for ASNs. The result of the voting would then be used to create a Charging Scheme that would be voted on in the usual way by members at the November GM.
This approach is more balanced as for me and it allows to produce the charging scheme proposal that is better reflect the expectation of members. By the way, does the Board have any financial appraisal of proposed amendment of the Charging Scheme? -- Kind regards, Sergey Myasoedov You wrote Thursday, January 22, 2015, 11:03:51 PM:
1. The Board can propose a Charging Scheme in advance of the May GM and have the membership discuss the proposal. The Board would take the discussion into account before proposing a final Charging Scheme to be voted on by the membership in May.
I would go for this option. Let's discuss what we (the members) want and let the board make the final proposal that we then vote on. If we are going to vote on individual issues the result might be an inconsistent charging scheme and it would prevent members from suggesting something that doesn't fit in the list of issues that are voted upon. I think having an open discussion and then trusting the board to come up with a good proposal will produce better results.