RE: [atlarge-discuss] PASSED: ALAC/ALOC REPRESENTATIVES

["Jkhan" <Jkhan@MetroMgr.com>]

I would have to agree that: a system of 'Direct -Voting' on issues by
Membership would be appropriate at this time.

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington deliberated quite extensibly on this
subject. That is; the representation by Representatives, is a necessary evil
that concentrates power into the hands of a few, which becomes vulnerable to
corruption.

Fortunately, we now have the technology to over-come this obstacle in the
decision-making process(es). We should make use of the technology of our
time, as I am sure Jefferson and Washington would do.
-- James Khan

-----Original Message-----
From:Richard Henderson
Cc: espresso@e-scape.net; atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] PASSED: ALAC/ALOC REPRESENTATIVES
At 04:35 p.m. 30/10/2002 +0000, Richard Henderson wrote:

>My (revised) view on this is as follows: if there is a clear
>groundswell of member opinion that they want to be involved in the
>decision-making process, then why on earth not let them/us?
-- Richard

From: Joop Teernstra [mailto:terastra@terabytz.co.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:38 PM
To: Richard Henderson

>Here you are on the right track,  Richard.
>I don't think members will be "put off" any more by opportunities to
>regularly contribute to the organization by voting, preferably on a
>non-intruding web based interface, than by endless bickering about
>authority on a mailing list most members will not have the time for to be
>subscribed to and read.
--Joop


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