[chapter-delegates] One Member One Vote

[Richard StClair]

>> 1. One Member One Vote
>
> This is a difficult to achieve, even if we did not have individual 
> members.  Consider that individual members are permitted to join more 
> than one Chapter.  In fact, there is no limit to the number of 
> Chapters a member can join.  Thus, a member could, in principle, vote 
> in many Chapters.

I don't think it would be difficult to run a simple database of ISOC's 
members. That should exist somewhere anyway or you don't have any idea 
who the members are, how many there are or where they are.

It should be up to chapters to determine their local members, and then 
forward them regularly by spreadsheet or some means to ISOC Hq. Simple.

Then it's a simple matter to find a web interface (or some similar 
technology) to allow each one of them to vote. There are probably 
chapters around with the skills and resources to donate such services 
whenever there needs to be a vote. It's not like it's gonna be needed 
every week. ;-)

I think this concept that this is too hard to do, or it's too complex, 
or too expensive, is simply not correct.

It IS a doable thing, and right now it is at the heart of the anger in 
the chapter community right now.

It doesn't matter [at this point] how things were before. What matters 
now is that chapters want one vote per member....and that means all 
members not just the paying ones.

Fix that, or you have a real problem on your hands that is not going to 
go away.


>> 2. Every member has a Vote
>
> This is true today.

Huh? I can't help but think this conflicts with your statement 1.

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