[ga] next voting options

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:40 a.m. 6/02/2007, Dominik Filipp wrote:
> My options are more or less similar
>
> 1. Elect a Chair and Co/Vice Chair with the chair being also a
> Representative.
> 2. Elect a single Chair being also a Representative.
> 3. Elect a single Chair who does not represent us and acts more as
> moderator.
>
> Options like 'others, decribe...' are confusing and should not be
> considered.


The first vote established that people still wanted an election. The 
various options were barely discussed prior .
The consideration of a replacement chair (wrongly named co-chair) actually 
came up after the vote was already up when someone remembered how WG -E had 
floundered when the chair walked away. The comment box served usefully to 
gather additional options. This time we can be more exhaustive and there is 
no need for an "others,..describe"

FoIlowing the discussed options may I propose:

1. Elect one neutral Chair to facilitate the debate.
2. Elect a neutral Chair to facilitate the debate and a Vice chair to 
replace him during absence.
3. Elect a Chair to facilitate the debate *and* to act as spokesman or 
representative of the GA.
4. Elect a Chair and a Vice Chair to facilitate the debate *and* to act as 
spokesman or representative of the GA.
5. Elect a Chair and a co-Chair with unspecified division of tasks and powers.

> We haven't specified the voting rules yet. What does valid voting look
> like? When can the voting result be considered 'Yes/No' legitimate?
> Maybe simple questions, but should be mentioned.

Until there is a GA charter that includes valid voting rules we can only 
rely on reasonable common sense.
A reasonable time to vote.(5 days)  Non-voters cannot invalidate the vote 
of those who vote.

Before starting nominations and election, we will also need some consensus 
(and a vote) on election rules.
Please try to formulate some.

Let us all try to learn from what went wrong with icannatlarge.org


--Joop--
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