Re: [ga] Voting options for the Verisign deal

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

At 18:17 15/03/01 -0500, Sandy Harris wrote:
>Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why we are all focusing on the vote.
>> 
>> In my vision of things, a vote follows from a debate. We discuss the
pros and cons
>> of the proposals, define things that we like/dislike, and then we decide
on how to
>> vote.
>
>In mine, the debate and any consensus it may reach are the important thing.
>At most, a vote is a straw poll, an input to discussion. It is never, on
its own,
>a decision-making mechanism.

I agree with both Roberto and Sandy on the importance of discussion and a
reasoned position.

My request for a ruling on the voting options was merely so that the Booth
could be ready by the time we are required to collect the opinions of those
who remain silent in the discussions.

If no ruling comes from the Chair, I will have to make the best of the
public feedback (David Farrar's) I received.

--joop



--joop 

The Polling Booth
http://www.democracy.org.nz/vote1/

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