Club Vote Repeal

Title

Club Vote Repeal

Sponsor

• Joe 'theJuggler' Mertz

Co-Sponsors

• Lydia Miller
• Ryan Nadler
• Lyn Cole
• Nick Hawley
• Jennie Plasterer

Vote Results

Attempt 1:

 Quorum: []
 Yea Votes: []
 Nay Votes: []
 Present or Abstain: []
 Result:

Schedule

Proposal Date

Date this proposal was posted to the membership and a request for a vote date was sent to the Board.

3/26/26

Member Input

Does the Sponsor choose to open the language of the vote for changes due to member input? (optional and can be modified at any time)

[ ] YES [X] NO

Vote Announcement and Beginning Date of the Discussion Period

The announcement date of the vote proposal is the beginning date of the seven-day (minimum) posting and Member discussion period. (Certain exceptional vote types have longer discussion periods. Check the Bylaws if you are unsure.) If the Sponsor has chosen to include member input, suggested edits can be made in a shared document or other collaborative vehicle until the language is locked. The sponsor can stop taking suggestions at any time.

Language Lock Date and Start of Voting

Five days prior to the Day of the Vote, the vote language is locked, all edits are frozen, and the language of the vote is converted to a pdf file. Ballots that include the pdf are sent to the Membership, and electronic voting begins. Note that the minimum discussion period of seven days leaves only two days for changes before the lock takes place.

Day of the Vote

Date the Board has assigned for the vote. The Day of the Vote is the day the vote closes.

Attempt 1:

Background

On January 28th, 2025, PS:1 ran a member vote, the Club Vote establishing a "Club" structure, creating a Committee for Club Oversight (CCO) and introducing new roles including Club Hosts and Club Sponsors. Under this structure, certain individuals were granted free memberships tied to their club leadership roles.

In the year following the vote, concerns have been raised that the Club structure as passed is unnecessarily complex and opaque, and that it creates a pathway for directing organizational resources, including free memberships, to specific individuals in ways that lack the transparency expected of PS:1's normal decision-making processes.

This proposal seeks to repeal the Club Vote in full and move to a simpler model for supporting community-building work at PS:1, one that mirrors the Area Host structure already familiar to the membership, and routes support through existing mechanisms like Work in Lieu of Dues (W.I.L.D.) volunteer positions and short-term scholarships where appropriate.

Members who received free memberships under the Club Vote will be granted one month of continued membership while the Board evaluates whether appropriate W.I.L.D. positions exist for them.

Wait, isn't there another club vote right now?

Yes. There is a competing vote titled Club Vote 2026 being run at the moment, which seeks to amend the club vote language and give out some more free memberships. The sponsors of this vote think the original club vote, and this amendment, are both too opaque and convoluted. Our belief is that the membership and the organization is better served by a volunteer structure consistent with the rest of the volunteer structure at PS:1.

Synopsis

This vote repeals the Club Vote from January 28th, 2025, rendering all of its provisions null and void. It grants one month of continued membership to any member currently receiving a free membership under the Club Vote, providing continuity while the Board determines whether W.I.L.D. volunteer positions are appropriate for those individuals.

The sponsor's intent, following a successful repeal is to propose, via Board vote, the creation of a Community Building Area that consolidates the functions currently distributed across the CCO, MMT, and PR. This Area would be governed by an appointed Area Host and evaluated by the same standard applied to all other Area Hosts at PS:1. Budget currently allocated to the CCO would transfer to the new Area.

Language of the Vote

The membership of Pumping Station: One, NFP votes to repeal the "Club Vote" from January 28th, 2025, render all portions of it null and void, allow the board to transfer any allocated budget to a newly created Community Building Area, and grant those members granted free memberships under the Club Vote one month of continued membership, while the board determines if there are appropriate Work in Lieu of Dues (W.I.L.D.) volunteer positions for them.

Footnotes

This vote was written in 2026 by Joe 'theJuggler' Mertz in collaboration with Claude AI for proofreading and clarity.