Re: [ga] Nomination Procedures for the Chair of the General Assembly (GA)

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 08:32 PM 26/11/1999 +0000, dstein@travel-net.com wrote:
>
>
>Well the notion of a `network of trust` is interesting so long as it is
not the 
>exclusive or even the preferred method of identification. There is a
danger in 
>trust networks of stagnation. No one *really* new ever comes in because no
one 
>really knows them enough. 
>
>On a more general note, I think that if we don`t accept some degree of 
>uncertainty and perfection in the system (not just in the bootstrap
process but 
>afterwards as well) we will be faced with cumbersome bureaucracy, and more 
>attention to process than actual content.  That cannot be a desired result.
>

FWIW,

The IDNO has put the following measure in place to make cadidates better
known to its voters:

That all candidates provide a brief Bio-sketch of themselves,
containing at the minimum, date and place of birth, occupation or
profession and any other data relevant to the position for which they
are candidates, to be displayed on the website prior to the election.
    That all candidates provide a recent picture of themselves in
digital form, that can be displayed on the website prior to election.

(Candidates can send photo's by snail mail, that will be digitized for them)

It would go a long way to satisfy some concerns, if the DNSO would
introduce a similar measure.




--Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  , bootstrap  of
the Cyberspace Association,
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.idno.org  (or direct:) 
http://www.democracy.org.nz/idno/