Re: Re[2]: [ga] Delay

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

Just not to add delay to delay, can't we throw in names of potential 
candidates on the list?
We may have consensus on a name, and proceed "by acclamation" without the 
need for a formal vote.
All considered, we are seeking somebody not for a "power" position, but to 
do some work. This may substantially reduce the number of volounteers.

Regards
Roberto



>From: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
>Reply-To: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
>To: DPF <david@farrar.com>
>CC: ga@dnso.org
>Subject: Re[2]: [ga] Delay
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:41:49 -0700
>
>Hello DPF,
>
>Monday, June 18, 2001, 6:31:40 PM, DPF wrote:
> > I suggest to get around this we have a slightly less informal election
> > than for ga-chair.  This is an appt that Danny could make himself but
> > instead he has chosen to let the GA vote on.
>
> > Firstly the electoral college should just be the current ga@dnso.org
> > (and ga-full automatically) subscribers.  That one ballot paper can be
> > sent to the mailing list and that is it.
>
>The issue is with authenticity, as Elizabeth quite correctly points
>out.
>
>Kent had written an email ballot system I believe that can handle
>this, and deals well with the same "authenticity" issue.
>
>And if I remember correctly (it's been quite a while) it handles the
>tabulating automatically.  I don't recall if it can do the kind of
>auditing by unique ballot numbers that the system the secretariat
>developed does.  If not, I'm sure this is an easy add-on.  The
>auditing report is a necessary requirement to avoid charges of the
>host of the system from tampering.
>
>I don't know how long it would take to get setup with Kent's system or
>to modify it to do the auditing reports, but we should look into this
>quite soon.  Then we just need a location to host it (which is not
>that big of an issue because of the auditing, any number of us with
>the resources can do it gratis).
>
> > A voting address should be provided which goes to a couple of
> > scrutineers.  I would suggest Michael Froomkin and Kent Crispin if
> > they are willing.  if those two agree on the vote count we can be sure
> > it is correct :-)
>
> > The ballot paper will have a list of nominees and people vote for the
> > person they want.  The e-mail must be sent from the an address which
> > is subscribed to ga@dnso.org.  The person voting will also receive
> > back a confirmation of how they voted so this stops anyone voting on
> > behalf of someone else without their knowledge.
>
> > We open nominations for a week and have voting for a week so we should
> > get a result in just over two weeks.
>
>In the interim, until we can get an "independent" system that won't
>require going to the secretariat or the council everytime we need to
>run a simple vote, we should just do what David is suggesting.
>
>--
>Best regards,
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