Re: [ga] Ticketless

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric, you talk of one-man efforts, yet you have ASSUMED people want to follow your co-chair idea. There were some votes there. 4 said one chairman and 2 said co-chairs, and 4 said other. I'd hardly call that a consensus in favor of the co-chair idea.

I can see why you would rather keep it on the list. On the list people can view or describe consensus the way their rose colored glasses tell them it looks. In the voting booth that isn't so easy.

I think co-chairs is a bad idea for now. I believe we just need a mooderator or chairman for now to get discussions going, working groups going, on different topics that could then be voted on. We did that in WGs and it worked just fine and not a co or vice among them.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hugh Dierker 
  To: ga 
  Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:21 PM
  Subject: [ga] Ticketless


  Should the election for co-chairs be on a ticket? I think not. 1st and 2ND place vote getter's or by consensus would be optimum. The main reason I say this is that I think we will get the most divergent of view chairs, if we choose them this way. (i do not worry of them getting along and working together - as, if they are elected from here, the generally assembled, folks would not elect someone who could not be counted on to act appropriately)

  I think it important to keep in mind we are a General Assembly and we should behave like one with great debate and reasonable striving for consensus. While I have only been to a couple physical meetings of the GA, prior to cessation of such endeavors, I found the assembly to be very well run. We must honor the diversity of membership and when need be champion that character of the GA. In that vane I reiterate that the first and second vote getter's should be the co-chairs.

  I also believe that voting for them, the co-chairs first would allow them to do the work and organization to establish whatever type of charter/structure we should have here. With that in mind a short 6 month term for the first elected persons, with a vote of confidence or not, should be put in place.

  Eric


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