Fw: [chapter-delegates] One Member One Vote

[Carlos Vera Q]

It's not a technical problem at all. Technically is a simple (very simple) 
thing. It's a political thing a power position.

Carlos Vera

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard StClair" <stclair at niue.nu>
To: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: [chapter-delegates] One Member One Vote


>>> 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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> Richard St Clair,
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