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Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft - At-Large Structures
good idea..... but I've tried it before and it seems to have no
traction. ANyone else??
esther
At 12:09 AM 7/28/2002, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>At 04:12 p.m. 27/07/2002 -0400, Esther Dyson wrote:
>>got it! yes, indeed, I favor one person, one vote...
>>
>>though that raises complex issues about, e.g., geographical
>>diversity. One African vote was worth many times more than one European,
>>North American or Asian vote in the previous ICANN elections. (It's why
>>long-run I hope for some kind of a party system....)
>
>Who long-run? The ALOC is now looking for "structures". Help create
>Parliamentary rules.
>If you publicly embrace a multi-party structure where all members of
>different parties have the same voting rights in a single parliament , we
>could start making real progress.
>
>That way, individualistic "leaders" do not need to fight each other, but
>each can contribute to the diversity.
>As long as their parties' members are all weighted equally.
>
>--Joop
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