Re: [ICANN-EU] RFD #1: Forum bylaws

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

At 13:15 28/09/00 +0200, Alexander Svensson wrote:

>I list some of the options we have:
>
>a) "Rough consensus"
>We may try to do this without any quantitative voting
>mechanism. 
> Advantages: No software, no extra work required
> Disadvantages: Having no 'hard' criteria may lead
>  to a lot of distracting discussions whether a consensus 
>  has been reached or not.
>
The disadvantages have been clearly demonstrated elsewhere...


>b) Simple voting mechanism
>We may set up a quorum (e.g. of cast votes and/or of
>list members) and just gather the votes without a
>voter registry. One e-mail address, one vote.
> Advantages: Software is readily available, not much
>  extra work required
> Disadvantages: Risk of manipulation?
>
>c) Advanced voting mechanism
>We may additionally consider setting up a voting registry 
>(e.g. see http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b01rosterindex.html).
> Advantages: Transparent, maybe less risk of manipulation
> Disadvantages: Extra work for unpaid, trustworthy
>  volunteers.
>
This is by far the best option. Unless we vote every week, the work is
manageable and I am willing to take it on , or else give someone you all
trust an administrator account for the Polling Booth.

>d) Wait for ICANN's member list
>We may wait to get the list of At Large members in the 
>European region from ICANN. 
> Advantages: Increase in legitimacy.
> Disadvantages: We may never get it. ;)
>
Indeed.

Assuming that expatriate Europeans are included in the voters list,
I am volunteering  to let the Polling Booth function as a mechanism for
signup.
A simple declaration that one is a European citizen should suffice.
This keeps the work to a minimum.
The list of names will be published regularly on this list, but the email
adresses remain hidden to prevent spamming.



--joop teernstra, IDNO bootstrap

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