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Ratified Policies
The following are a list of policies that have been ratified at general meetings.
Members can propose new policies too! Just follow these helpful proposing a policy guidelines.
Member fees and vouching
TL:DR - $60/month, 2 month wait before you can apply for keyholder, application takes a week and needs 3 vouches.
Expense Approval
TL:DR - you pay for your own parking tickets/fines/damage
Member Storage Bins
TL:DR - you can have a bin, it has to be the right kind of bin
Garbage and Recycling
TL:DR we have a bin and a tote, there are rules, violators will be shamed.
Old Policies for cleanup below:
Committees
Committees [are] required to post their report to talk at least 24 hours , but no more than 7 days before a QGM to meet the requirements of reporting. The formalized requirements are: Budget, line items of expenses, membership, changes to membership.
https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/vhs-agm-qgm-minutes-from-september-23-2017/6901
At a minimum, committees will report every 2nd QGM, committees that fail to report relinquish powers and budget. Committees must also list themselves publicly on the VHS Wiki.
https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/agm-qgm-minutes-sept-26th-2015/3123
Keyholder Waiting Period
“Be it resolved that the keyholder waiting period be reduced to 2 months, and the vouches required be increased to 3.”
https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/qgm-minutes-sunday-april-3-2016-1pm/4088
Proposals
Official cut-off point for new general meeting (GM) proposals is one week (7 days) before a GM.
Tidy Space
Adopt Tidy Space Policy as posted on Talk, under the Tidy Space Committee, enforcement will start on April 28th[, 2018].