Re: [ga] Vote

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:16 a.m. 5/02/2007, Hugh Dierker wrote:
> I hate to be a pain but sometimes wording means something. You cannot have 
> a chair and a co-chair, perhaps the word being looked for is vice chair.

Quite right. Vice chair (or backup chair)  is that we are talking about.

> Representative is and adjective indicating someone who goes out on behalf 
> of other(s). Obviously a chairman of a group is a representative of that group.

Not necessarily. A Chair can perform the function of providing debating 
order without being representative of the (majority) opinion. In fact , a 
chair is more effective when he isn't representative of anything.

>  It would only be up to that group to set forth the degree of 
> representativeness in general or specific.

Better to separate the roles of spokespersons from the chairing function.

> The aforementioned illustrates the need to not take these matters off list 
> and to handle them in a consensus manner prior to voting. The voting booth 
> was a one nonelected man endeavor which was nice of him to do but only 
> proved the impropriety of doing it that way. Let us do the continuing work 
> to be done here. The fact that people signed up but did not vote is even 
> more reason to do it here.

When you mean holding the election itself, I 'm afraid you still need a 
means of voting anonymously.


-joop-