RE: [ga] geographicals

["Ladi" <dnso@ladi.net>]

Perhaps it's just me, but I always thought that part of the whole point
of the Internet is the loss/lessening/blurring of geographical
boundaries. There's reason why many of my friends and those I agree with
the most live outside of my time zone and why many of those I disgree
with a great deal live next door, no?

Why not let candidates and representatives stand on their own with their
own views? Let the best (wo)man with the most popular views win. If an
"area" -- ie, a group with a certain view -- feels underrepresented,
then they can recruit new members to vote and to represent. Isn't this
what happened to an extent in the last @large elections with some of the
European candidates? 

Eric mentions the senate and the house of representatives as a model.
Perhaps an acceptable compromise would use the complete congress as a
model and create a body of representatives using geographical divisions
and another that ignores them. Not that I particularly like more
processes to get anything done, but it might make the most people happy.

Just MHO,

~Ladi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org] On Behalf Of Eric
Dierker
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 9:18 PM
To: ga@dnso.org
Subject: [ga] geographicals


If you are going to stay geographically oriented then you have to
balance it with popular.

Why should I, a Norte Americano be able to vote for the rep. from
Europe?

Why should a man from down under be stuck with his rep, when he likes
Jefsey's position more?

Bad form and nonsensical.

There are models, like senate and house that we may borrow from, but
that one is all geographic and geographic populist.  Funny the term at
large usually means at large, not segmented.  Also funny, two of my
least favorite organizations use geographics for representation, Cosa
Nostra and UN.  So the only logical conclusion is that BoD members
elected by the at large or the GA have no geographic requirements.

Eric

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