[ga] Discussion on Voting Registry

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

We supposedly have an electorate of 586 members.  368 did not vote on the 
last set of motions.
The IDNO supposedly has a roster of 263 members.  259 did not vote on the 
last set of motions.

This raises the question -- has a large chunk of our membership (like the 
members of the IDNO) stop functioning as members?  If so, are the percentages 
that Alex has proposed appropriate?  Should the voting registry perhaps be 
recertified on an annual basis?  Should voters be decertified if they have 
missed, for example, 3 or 4 consecutive votes?  Should we become a 
self-sustaining organization by establishing a GA membership fee (which would 
better define our membership roster)?  Do we have an obligation to help 
defray the costs of Secretariat services which make our voting procedures 
possible?  

Is it possible/probable that many constituency members aren't even aware that 
they have the right to vote within the GA?  Should all constituency members 
automatically be enrolled in the GA voting roster (after all, these are folks 
that have already paid money to participate as members of the DNSO)?  

Have any members died that are still on the voting roster?  

I have noted that "percentages" have been used as a tool to discount the vote 
of the GA.  Perhaps it is time to make sure that our Registry accurately 
reflects our membership, and that those that no longer participate at all are 
culled from the process.

Your thoughts?

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