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

[espresso@e-scape.net]

At 19:07 +1200 2003/04/11, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>At 08:22 a.m. 11/04/2003, espresso@e-scape.net wrote:
>
> >My question is "what kind of democracy do you have if only
> >some, rather than all, of the members can participate in the
> >voting?"
>
>My answer:  do not lose sight of the fact that *all* our members
>signed up
>via a web site meaning that they *all* have web access.
>(The ramp for the disabled is there, but if they *want* to vote, they
>may
>have to use their arms to propel their wheelchair)

My point was not that some members *never* have Web access but
that some of them may not have easy or unlimited access, and
might need to make special arrangements or travel some distance
if the voting mechanism were like the Polling Booth and required
that one stay online for a long time.

>PS. I have not even offered my PB for the coming election. All I am
>arguing
>is that the web is the best tool to use.

My main objection would disappear if the election mechanism were
such that a member could download the ballot page, disconnect
to fill it out, and reconnect to send it, especially if
the voter had the option of e-mailing back the ballot if
for some reason the "Submit" command didn't work.

>Disagree if you like, but respect the will of the majority.

I do. I'm just not persuaded that a majority of the 10% who
participated in your poll represents a majority of the
membership of ICANNATLARGE.ORG, or that the polls you chose
to run (with or without the advice of a few members) are in
any way binding on the group which did not get a chance to
amend or ratify the questions.

It's conceivable that those who voted in your poll are the
only people still interested in this group but we won't
know for sure until we see what kind of response we get
from an official election process.

Regards,

Judyth

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