Re: Quorum (Re: [ga] CORRECTION!!!)

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Kent,

>
>I use the word "useless" to describe the "rule", because under this
>"rule", precisely one voter can pass a resolution, and no reasonable
>person from the NC or the Board or anywhere else is going to give any
>weight whatsoever to a "resolution" supported only by a single vote.

What Harald pointed out is that, useful or useless, we *do* have rules, that 
are known by everybody, or at least they should.
What happened looks like "déjà vu". The GA takes a vote (or a poll, or 
debates an issue), reaches rough consensus of the people that did vote (or 
expressed an opinion), and the "losing" part complains about the small 
number of voters. I've seen this before, I will see this again.

Folks, you all know the reality.
You all know that this list is just a subset of the Internet community (less 
than 300 people over a population of millions), and that just a small 
minority votes.
We have two possibilities:
1. to say that altogether this GA has no sense, and save our time for 
something else (or go play in another sandbox), or
2. try to get the best out of it, try to make the more out of the small 
resources and participation, try to have a meaningful debate.

Option number 2., IMHO, means also to accept the results of the (limited) 
participation, and not to cry foul if we don't like them.


>
>Therefore, one still must go back and analyze any vote to determine the
>level of support it had, to decide if the result should be given any
>weight.  Hence the "rule" has no significance.

Of course one must analyse the numbers.
That is why I gave the exact numbers in my report to the NC: I am not hiding 
the fact that only 27 people (over a GA of 300, over a population of 
millions) have voted, but this is what we managed to do with the *very 
limited* timeframe that has been imposed upon us.
Give us more time, and we'll do better.

The NC knows the reality, and will take this into account for what it is. It 
will most probably give it the correct weight.
But to me, no doubt exists that the GA has expressed rough consensus on 
option A.

Best regards
Roberto


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