Re: [atlarge-discuss] ELECTION REPORT

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Why not?
Eric Dierker

> The questioning of monitoring is valuable, Jeff, and I think Joop would
> approve too. We should be positive about doing anything which will add
> to the status and credibility of this vital Polling Process. So, just
> as there are calls for an electoral commission, so there is also a
> strong case for a Polling committee or commission.
> 
> The priority after this election process should be to formalise and
> authorise the constituional role of the Polling process, as the means
> of giving the membership complete authority over the actions and
> decisions of this organisation (including those done in our name by
> elected panelists).
> 
> An appropriate monitoring body would be a valuable and necessary
> element in this constitution.
> 
> Richard H
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Holt <jefftttt@txucom.net>
> To: 'Joop Teernstra' <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>
> Cc: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] ELECTION REPORT
> 
> 
>> Ah, I see now, very interesting.  How does one go about getting a
>> login for this site?  The opening page has no "Register" feature....
>>
>> It would appear to be at least partially done with Cold Fusion, no? 
>> Is there a subset of this membership with Admin responsibilities or is
>> it totally a private thing?  Didn't check the WHOIS on it yet, who's
>> place is it?  Appropriately monitored, it would certainly seem to be a
>> valuable tool for gauging membership participation.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> TTTT
>> Jefftttt@txucom.net
>> www.tejas-info-services.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joop Teernstra [mailto:terastra@terabytz.co.nz]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:17 AM
>> To: Jeff Holt
>> Cc: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
>> Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] ELECTION REPORT
>>
>> At 01:34 p.m. 29/05/2003, you wrote:
>> >@Large,
>> >
>> >Since I was not actively involved with the prior circumstances with
>> >Joop's "Polling Booth", I can only assume it was based on the Forum
>> >he is using now.  If so, the source is readily available - "phpBB
>> >2.0.2"
>> is
>> >used many places, including my own website, which has a Forum
>> >established.
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> The Polling Booth is a separate site www.pollingbooth.info,  developed
>> especially to help secure voting on the web in the ICANN context and
>> allowing for comments on the questions and reply options.
>>
>> Only voters with their own unique password can vote.
>> Nobody can vote more than once.
>>
>> It saves a lot of work when doing frequent polls.
>>
>> I will make it available as a tool for decisionmaking within the
>> Panel. Nobody can cheat when 5 people know what they voted and voting
>> can even be
>> made non-anonymous.
>> This way the Panel will become familiar with its use.
>>
>> I could even give a rotating admin account.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >As for JFC's 'mailman' source, asking for it is pointless.  While I
>> >do not suggest he would do so, sending the base code used without any
>> >modifications would be the action of a person with bad intent, and
>> there
>> >would be little or no way or verifying the differences short of
>> >raiding his ISP and grabbing the actual code executed.  So move on.
>> >
>> >As to the comment about apologizing after the fact, the reference was
>> to
>> >a well known quote which I am sure Walt got if no one else did (look
>> >up the history of COBOL)....
>> >
>> >As was mentioned in this evening's batch of messages, we are all
>> >"watchdogs" to a certain degree in this process and those who have
>> >the actual email / ballot data should be capable of at the very least
>> >verifying how many votes were cast and comparing tallies.
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >TTTT
>> >Jefftttt@txucom.net
>> >www.tejas-info-services.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> -joop-
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