[chapter-delegates] Results of the board discussion on membership (redux)

[Carlos Vera Q]

Free members vote in Chapters, paying members vote directly, organizational 
members vote directly, the IETF
chooses its trustee through a mechanism of its own, etc."

666 votes from paying members... 34 votes from chapters.. what 
democratic....

Carlos Vera Quintana


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Le Roux" <leroux at vdl2.com>
To: "James M Galvin" <galvin at elistx.com>
Cc: "Irwan Effendi" <hero_tsai at mainsyscon.net>; 
<chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Results of the board discussion on 
membership (redux)


> At 17:01 2005-03-15, James M Galvin wrote:
>>Irwan,
>>
>>Membership was never about voting.  Not now, not then, and not tomorrow.
>>
>>Regardless, all members can vote.  Free members vote in Chapters, paying 
>>members vote directly, organizational members vote directly, the IETF 
>>chooses its trustee through a mechanism of its own, etc.
>
> Evrytime you give diferent priovileges around vote based on paying a fee, 
> you scrap our ideal of democracy and Internet for everyone.
> Reading all the debate since two weeks show a clear consensus on this 
> point.
> If HQ and BoT can't accept it, they must be changed by the Chapters and 
> individual members !
>
> *PLR!
>
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> Philippe Le Roux
> Analyste Internet
> Associé
> V(DL)2 Inc.
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