Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft - At-Large Structures

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 05:14 p.m. 28/07/2002 -0400, Esther Dyson wrote:
>good idea..... but I've tried it before and it seems to have no 
>traction.  ANyone else??


Esther,

I remember that you mentioned representation based on Parties in an 
interview some time ago, but that was all.
If you had actually put Denise to work on writing draft parliamentary rules 
under which such a system could work, you would see instant traction.

But it seems you yourself are only luke-warm to the idea, seeing it only as 
a solution for the "long term".

I see it as the quickest way to stop much of the internecine bickering and 
fighting for control that will otherwise dog At Large organizing efforts.

Fact is that different individuals have different priorities and points of 
view and will want to flock around  different representatives.

Fact is that it personality conflicts between representatives drain a huge 
amount of energy out of a united effort, preventing constructive work on 
real issues.

Multi-party representation provides the only solution to those problems.


--Joop


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