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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Poll watcher rights and duties



At 11:22 p.m. 10/04/2003, you wrote:
At 01:40 10/04/03, Joop Teernstra wrote:
If many others had the same complaint, it would have shown up in the comment lines.
Dear Joop,
you can comment that way ad infinitum.
1. the people who responded to your poll are those who want/accept to use it.
Not so, dear Jefsey. Not all want to use it.
21 out of 97 voters prefer email polls.


2. there should be no problem in making your system to support your existing solution, a click and vote service and a mail oriented service. Exept that you are not the developper and do not control the code.
I think that having several polling systems, developed independent of each other but each remaining under the sole control of their developer, is the best option in a situation where nobody is trusted. It is very easy to distribute code, but difficult to distribute "control".
What needs to be distributed is power. Under a member-ratified Charter of checks and balances that spell out how "control" is used.

An elected Polling committee can decide which Polling service to use and they can even rotate Polls between different systems. When the outcomes of different systems are consistent, it means the systems are neutral.

As I want to promote the development of other independent systems, I am not giving away the code of my system. Writing new code is faster than debating existing code.
Instead we can get on with the Nominations that we are all waiting for.

The members do not need any code to start making nominations in the public Forum.
Candidates do not need code to post their candidacy , pictures and election promises.

While they do this, your team can work on a new Polling System.
What they do need NOW is for someone to "officially" open the Nominations for the offices that they have voted for.
(Membership Committee and Polling Commission, Website Panel, Charter writers)

If you want to play Panel, this is what is expected of you. Quick determination of what Nominations are open, announce them and let the members start nominating.
Make information available on the icannatlarge.org web site that you now have access to. Point members to the Forum, where they can post nominations or argue about them.
No bickering about code, before any new code is needed. Don't let the 30 days slip by.

Do what every member is free to do. Develop the code you think is best and offer running the elections as a service.

If I run all elections, I cannot stand for any office.

As "Panel" you are free and responsible to reject an offer when you have something better.
But you should not hold up the nominations.


-joop-



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