Here's my inputs:
| >DRAFT MOTION #D005: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP VOTE ON THE MISSION OF THE
| >ORGANIZATION
| >
| >"The panel will organize a general membership vote on the following
| >subject:
| >- which should be the mission of the organization, and particularly,
| >whether the organization should try to encompass impartially all At
| >Large participation and opinions or become a "party" with specific
| >opinions in the At Large world;
| >- whether and how the organization should participate in the RALO/ALAC
| >process;
| >- whether and how the organization should incorporate.
OK.
| >Such vote will be held by e-mail. Each member will receive at its
| >registered e-mail address a ballot, identified by an anonymous vote.
| >The ballot will contain a certain number of questions, not higher than
| >six, and a set of possible answers. Voters will have to return the
| >ballot to a given e-mail address, during a voting period not shorter
| >than seven days. The practical operations of the vote will be managed
| >by the Chair.
Assuming he is willing to participate, and has the technology to validate
individual voters, let's consider opening an opportunity to use Joop's
Polling Booth as well, or similar Web-based voting options.
Can I assume that, at some point, the voting mechanism you're setting up
will be a permanent service?
| >Questions and answers to be put on the ballot will be collected in a
| >public comment period that will last five days and will be announced
| >on the atlarge-discuss list;
We should open this up to the general membership, and offer them to reply to
the discuss list with their ideas.
| >each member who wants to propose
| >questions may post them to the atlarge-discuss list during this
| >period. At the end of the period, the panel will collect all proposed
| >questions related to the scope of the vote, merge the similar ones,
| >and reduce them to the maximum allowed number, according to consensus
| >on the atlarge-discuss list; finally, the panel will approve the
| >questions and answers to be submitted to the membership, one by one.
OK.
| >The ballot will contain a short introductory text explaining the
| >purpose of the vote.
OK
| If the total size of the ballot will allow it,
| >very short statements in favour of the different options, made by the
| >supporters of each option during the public comment period, will be
| >included."
Yes. This would be a good idea
Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon USA
bruce@barelyadequate.info
http://www.barelyadequate.info
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