RE: [registrars] Motion to change Voting Ballots

["Elana Broitman" <ebroitman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Tim Ruiz [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
	Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:33 PM
	To: Elana Broitman; registrars@xxxxxxxx
	Subject: RE: [registrars] Motion to change Voting Ballots
	
	

	Elana,

	 

	I would like to propose an amendment to this motion, but need a
few questions answered first.

	 

	> ...wish for anonymous voting in order 

	> to protect Constituency members...

	 

	We are only talking about whether other RC members will be able
to see who voted and how, correct?  YES 

	 

	> ...post only the collective results rather 

	> than individual votes... 

	 

	The term "post" here refers only to the results as posted in
boardrooms, correct?  YES 

	 

	> On the list there was a question about 

	> whether or not abstentions may be viewed 

	> under one of the first 3 proposals.  We will 

	> determine that fact prior to the vote. 

	 

	What do you mean by this? How will that be determined and still
leave time for discussion, amendment etc.?  RICK IS LOOKING INTO IT
RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD EXPECT WE WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER EARLY NEXT WEEK 

	 

	Tim

	 

	 

	 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elana Broitman
	Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:50 AM
	To: registrars@xxxxxxxx
	Subject: [registrars] Motion to change Voting Ballots

	 

	Explanation

	 

	A number of registrars had expressed a wish for anonymous 
	voting in order to protect Constituency members and potentially
foster greater 
	voter participation.  The current voting process posts each
Constituency 
	member's vote as soon as such member votes.  Please note that
only Constituency 
	members (who have passwords to the boardrooms site) may view
voting results.
	At the Montreal meeting, we discussed several options for
changing this process, 
	including a change to post only the collective results rather
than individual votes. 
	On the list there was a question about whether or not
abstentions may be viewed 
	under one of the first 3 proposals.  We will determine that fact
prior to the vote. 

	 

	Motion

	 

	Consequently, there is a motion for moving to one of the
following processes:

	 

	1. Post only the collective voting results, not individual
results, and only 
	 at the conclusion of the voting period.

	 

	2. Post only the collective voting results, not individual
results, during 
	 the entire voting period.

	 

	3. Post individual voting results, but only at the conclusion of
the voting 
	 period.

	 

	4. Continue to post individual voting results, during the entire
voting 
	 period.

	 

	Process

	 

	Pursuant to the Constituency Rules of Procedure, this motion
needs to have 5 
	endorsements, and will be put to a vote under the current voting
procedures 
	after a 14-day discussion period.  Friendly amendments will be
accepted and 
	such changes made to the ballot.  Unfriendly amendments will
receive a 
	separate ballot.

	 

	Additional Information

	 

	In addition to making this change, there was discussion at the
Montreal 
	meeting about whether or not the Executive Committee should
continue to 
	manage the voting process.  Apparently, the only way that it is
possible to 
	conduct votes through the boardrooms.org site is for the manager
of the 
	process (Ex.Com.) to have access to individual votes.  While we
do not intend 
	to use such access, the Constituency may wish to delegate this
task to a third 
	party that is not a member of the Constituency.  However, as
that would entail 
	delegation of all boardrooms.org management functions, including

	membership rolls, passwords, etc., it may be a broader change
than 
	anticipated, require hiring of a secretary, and/or switching to
an alternative 
	online service.  We plan to investigate the options and bring
them to the 
	Constituency for consideration in short order.  In the meantime,
however, with 
	important votes coming up for the Constituency, we did not want
to hold up 
	the consideration of a change in vote posting.