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RE: [atlarge-discuss] Questions for all candidates

At 10:58 p.m. 13/05/2003, Abel Wisman wrote:

I have not known of any elections, except rigged ones, where nominees
upfront reacehd consensus about the very tasks ahead of them.

And I have not known of any elections, except the ones set up to fail, where the voters did not know what mandate there candidates were going to get or where there was no consensus about the term of "office".


In these (as usual leading) qeustions you do not ask nominees/candidates
their opinion but to agree to rules you make up before you stand for
election, making it a ground for acceptance.
These rules should have been laid down by the "Polling Committee" and based on what the membership wanted. The only thing a candidate can do now is asking around to see if they could be any co-operation in the interim Panel and if his acceptance would make any sense.
Your reply shows the kind of problems that lie ahead.

With the same rights all candidates can "ask" you to abandon your
incannatlarge.com before you stand, utter nonsense.
Yes, they can (ask if I would agree to do that) and it is not nonsense at all. It is, in fact the only way candidates in doubt about accepting can proceed.

One is a candidate on ones own firm believes, and thus representing the
people that think alike or have sympathy for those ideas, thus
representing them in the panel.
Once all those views are represented in a panel, the panel tries to work
at its best ability to create results stemming from the mandate given.
If the panel feels that the mandate is insufficient, the panel turns to
the members on the topic in question and asks for input.

The panel should at all times get on any internal vote, 11 votes,
whether they are abstension, sick-notes or whatever, all votes should be
accounted for and a minimum of 6 votes is needed for a majority in the
panel.

What to do in case panel members resign, or are in other ways unable to
vote is a matter that should be handled in the first discussion among
the panel members in whatever way that takes place.
It should certainly not be part of a resignation before even starting,
that way the voting and panel could be rigged to sabotage in no time and
bring us in the almost same position as we are in now.

The term of this panel is initially 12 months, as announced and agreed
by a majority, if silent.
This mailing list has no rights to pretend any "majority" , silent or otherwise.

It is the *whole voting membership* that must decide, on the ballot form, about the term of office they want this Panel to have.

Jefsey and Bruce are not an elected Polling Committee and have no right to determine for the membership how long they are going to be stuck with an unworkable panel.


-joop-



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