Re: [ga] Voting regimes

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:21:01 +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

>Once we've got a GA membership, we've got to decide about how the GA votes.
>
>I'd suggest keeping things simple, for now:
>
>- The chair approves a ballot to be sent to the membership.
>   The typical amount of time given to reply to a vote is one week.
>- In the case of a yes-or-no decision, the majority wins.
>- In the case where the question is a rule change, the number of votes
>   cast must be at least half of the membership.
>
>The idea behind the last one is that if most of the membership doesn't like
>a result, they can request a new ballot. But a change of rules may close this
>option, so it should be more difficult to do that.

I think this is a bit dangerous as one may end up due to apathy being
stuck with the current rules for ever.  

The more normal procedure for rule changes is that say a two thirds or
even three quarters majority must be in favour.  One could have a
minimum turnout also but I think 50% is way too high (think if we get
4,000 GA members).  Perhaps the lower of 20% or 100 votes as a turnout
requirement.

DPF
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