Re: [ga] Vote on representation first

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please describe all voting options as they stand now. Will there be 
nominations? Did I miss something here?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joop Teernstra" <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Hugh Dierker" <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Vote on representation first


> At 12:42 p.m. 26/01/2007, Hugh Dierker wrote:
> > I propose that;
> >
> > First we vote to determine if we want elected representatives from the GA 
> > to the outside world?
> >
> > If we get a no vote on that we fold up the tents and go on down the road.
> >
> > If we get a yes, we argue for awhile and come up with the structure we 
> > want to vote on and the authority of the representatives.
> >
> > It seems to me to require a two step process so we don't get bogged down 
> > before we even agree to have representatives.
>
>
> Personally, I would vote Other and ask for a simultaneous chair and a 
> co-chair election.
>
> We have all 5 days to argue and persuade our 21 voters what would be the 
> best way to use this first ballot. :-)  Fun.
>
> Personally I think voting for a representative now is a bad idea; we don't 
> yet know what we want it to mean. A representative of all the GA list 
> subscribers? The physical attendees? Only of us, the 21 first voters? Of 
> the typical individual DNS users? Etc.
>
> That would have to be polled first. The Chair could decide that poll's 
> options.
>
> Without a chair (and a back-up chair) we will keep floundering.
>
>
> -joop-