[atlarge-discuss] “certification and verification committee” formation & invitations

[Joey Borda **star*walker** <starwalker@gay.com>]

Everyone:

I think most of you, if not all, would agree that the seas we have been 
sailing to the election of a new panel have been choppy at best, and 
occasionally threatened to capsize our ship altogether.

While the path to get there has been made up all along the way, 
nevertheless the object of our destination has always been the same -- the 
election of the best possible new panel for our still forming organization 
with as much integrity as fleeting time and current circumstances allow.

Some may be loathe to read me saying it, but Jefsey Morfin is to be 
credited at least for his dogged determination to get us there, wherever it 
is "there" turns out to be in the persons elected as new panelists. He has 
been tireless and like a bulldog. I salute him for that.

As of this writing there is no support for voluntary submission of 
"documents" to, and the receipt, verification and certification by the 
watchdog committee; neither within the polling committee or the watchdog 
committee itself. As a member of the watchdog committee I stand alone in 
supporting a verification process. Yet I am remaining a watchdog till the 
completion of the election.

I am however irretrievably committed to the voluntary submission of 
"documents" to, and the receipt, verification and certification of them by 
SOMEONE, for the limited purpose of this election. Therefore I am 
submitting MY documents, sufficient I believe but I can make more 
available, to ALL of you for your review, judgement and satisfaction.

I have written previously that interested members could find my driver 
license -- password protected with a need to write me for a password. It is 
still available, only now I have included in the same document my passport 
and I HAVE REMOVED THE PASSWORD PROTECTION. I have republished the link to 
it in the first entry in my @large volunteer profile along with a few more 
words of explanation at http://www.icannatlarge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=250.

Having now submitted myself to all of you, I cordially invite any of you 
who wish to stand, join and work with me NOW in an ad hoc "certification 
and verification committee" (for lack of a better name) to arise out of the 
full membership of this organization for the receipt, examination and 
verification of readily available material and new material voluntarily 
submitted by candidates in this election.

There is still time. It is not something that needs be put off until 
tomorrow or the next election.

(1) Those wishing to join me will need to satisfy me, and any others who 
join me, of their identity in this committee so that we may certify 
ourselves to the membership. Each will also be required to pledge 
confidentiality to protect the privacy of other committee members and the 
candidates, and that they will permanently delete or destroy all copies of 
submitted records in their possession at the election's conclusion. By 
merely joining the committee one is automatically pledged to act in good 
faith and with good will toward all.

(2) I will initially convene and chair the committee, cyber socially speaking.

(3) Candidates are cordially invited to submit ANYTHING they believe 
substantiates their identity to a level sufficient to convince the 
committee for certification to the membership. I have already seen some 
pretty convincing site materials for some candidates.

Identifications with photos are the easiest and quickest to examine, such 
as passports and driver licenses. Also curriculum vitas (resumes) bearing 
photos. The possibilities are quite likely numerous, and additional 
suggestions are welcome.

The committee will categorize the submissions and publish the categories 
developed in an HTML chart with check marks (ticks) indicating the 
appropriate categories according to the types of submissions. URLs to 
candidate links will also be included where appropriate for the members' 
convenience.

Please E-mail your submissions or links to your submissions to 
Committee@starwalker.org. Members interested in joining the committee are 
asked to use the same E-address to express their interest and for sending 
their submissions or URL pointers to their submissions.

(4) A protected but unmoderated communications list for the committee is 
already established, one I created previously for @large that has gone 
unused. Committee members will be provided entry upon their qualification.

(5) I have borrowed ideas liberally from this list and I believe this idea 
is pretty fully "baked." Nevertheless, I may have missed or forgotten 
something and invite constructive comment to better implement it. At the 
same time I will disregard naysaying.

I cordially invite all of you to join me in this effort.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Joey Borda/Bordo

Tuesday, May 20, 2003 * 12:26 AM EDT USA

starwalker@gay.com
starwalker@starwalker.org

*Commentary for Optional Reading*

Those of you who may wish to better understand my commitment to the 
greatest election integrity process possible, beyond my writings on this 
list, are invited to read the tail end entries in my posted resume at 
http://www.icannatlarge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=250 where you will find 
my story.

In the purely physical world, candidates who do not campaign in the flesh 
simply do not get elected! They must be seen and heard, if by most people 
only on TV and radio, and people are assured at least of their existence, 
whatever their merits be.

It is the unique circumstances of this cyber world we here commonly live 
in, most certainly in this election, that people are free to adopt and 
"live" fictional existences among us.

Having long experience in "anonymous" Internet chat rooms and engaged in 
endless "on-line dating" I have become accustomed to sorting real people 
from on-line personas by persistent credentialing demands and exchanges. I 
do not stop until I am satisfied that someone is who they say they are. 
Until I am satisfied I do not take any person seriously; nothing in my life 
depends on them. Of course it helps immeasurably that I am a 
psychotherapist too, and can fairly quickly uncover phonies with persistent 
questions. :)

Part of my declining, albeit belatedly, nomination to the panel was my 
conviction that panel service was more than I wanted, more than I could, 
handle at this time. This effort however -- is exactly the right size for 
me and in-and-out of the heart of my experience.

Presently I have all the time it will take for this worthy 11th hour effort 
and can give tirelessly to it.

/s/ Joey Borda/Bordo



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