FW: [ga] Voters interest and Defining a voter's roll

[john.c.lewis@bt.com]

I think that we are debating the numbers of angels that can dance on the
head of a pin..........

I can read the local newspaper (equal the ga@dnso.org) but that does not
give me any local voting rights,

Contrast the US situation quoted below (I don't know if its correct) where
you must register to vote, in the UK your existence as a local taxpayer
identifies your right to vote, although you have to register as well. Why,
we even call them constituencies.

Shouldn't the voting rights at the GA/DNSO not have similar dependency on
some membership of a constituency where bearing the costs give some basis
for involvement? I acknowledge this still causes a problem for individuals
and the great unknown 'At Large' user base, but this will then bring the
need to address that issue more sharply into focus, once we have resolved
the more tractable problem.

Best regards

John C Lewis
Manager - International Organisations Europe
BT delegate ETNO Executive Board
BT co-ordinator ICANN representation
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Harald Tveit Alvestrand [SMTP:Harald@Alvestrand.no]
> Sent:	03 February 2000 07:31
> To:	Joop Teernstra; ga@dnso.org
> Subject:	Re: [ga] Voters interest and Defining a voter's roll
> 
> At 15:30 03.02.00 +1300, Joop Teernstra wrote:
> 
> >Now when we are talking about list rules, it is clear that those not
> >subscribed  to the list have no need and no interest to vote on list-rule
> >issues.
> 
> not entirely - there may be people who have left the list because of the 
> noise level. And I know of at least one person who claims to be following 
> the list by reading the archives.
> Those could be interested. But I think the great majority of interested 
> people is the list subscribers.
> 
> >In other words for list issues the total voter's roll is nothing more
> than
> >the subscriber list at any given time.
> >It is important to have a defined roll, so that this roll can be frozen
> >prior to the announcement of a vote.
> >
> >May I propose that those interested in voting enroll themselves
> volutarily
> >on the dnso website, or via an email to a trusted listmember willing to
> >volunteer building this roll?
> >
> >Then both issues of identity and the measure of interest in voting can be
> >addressed.
> 
> This idea reminds me of the way US elections work; everyone's entitled to 
> vote, but in order to actually vote, you must register....
> 
> Do you think the roll should be public (in order to monitor the action of 
> the roll-keeper), or private (to protect people's privacy)?
> 
> In any case, more than one person should have the responsibility for 
> monitoring the roll, I think.
> 
>                        Harald
> 
> --
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no

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