Re: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC, TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections

[Bret Busby <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au>]

Sotiropoulos wrote:
> 
> 1/15/01 1:27:25 AM, Bret Busby <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> >If an individual is a member of the Individual Constituency, and, the
> >Business Constituency (I trust that is what BC represents in this
> >context), then an individual business owner has twice the rights of any
> >other individual.
> 
> You don't honestly believe that those 65 Members of the BC represent your individual interests do you?

Whether any so-called representative body, does represent its members,
and, not just a select few, is always a matter of differing opinions.
Governments (well, here, anyway), are known to not represent the people
that they are supposed to represent, and, the same applies to individual
politicians, here (as, no doubt, elsewhere).

I am not a member of the BC; I was merely using the example above.

> 
> >"All animals are equal, and, some animals are more equal than others"...
> 
> Fine, let's get rid of the entire existing constituency system.  I don't have a problem with that either.  It's pretty clear that the current BC and TM C's are in
> cahoots... and who knows who else?
> 
> Perhaps all nations could submit representations in five categories: (1) ccTLD registry/technical  (2) individuals/sole proprietors (3) corporate  (4)
> education/non-profit (5) government?  How many countries at last count?  All told, with a single representative in each category, it will probably run some
> 1500?? or so (very rough estimate, would appreciate exact figure...).  From within each of the resulting 5 global constituencies, an equal number of
> representatives will send an equal number of Chairs to Council/Board.  Does it ultimately come down to 5 equal votes at the top? or more?
> 

Why not, as I have previously suggested, a simple system, of one
representative for each country, each representative of each country,
being elected by the users of the Internet in that country, with all
Internet users within the country, having equal voting rights, and, the
representative being "chair" of a national forum, such as this, and,
obliged to represent the wishes of the members of the forum, using
polls, like Joops poll.

If the number of countries is too large, then, again, as I have
previously suggeested, rtepresentation based on continent; an equal
number of representative, for each continent.
 
> Whatever the case, full accountability and responsibility at all levels must be ensured in the Constitution and Laws of any new Organization intended to
> replace the existing framework.
> 
> As for the problem of dual membership in an Individual and BC, well... I suppose that if the governments are (after all) going to be involved, we could base
> constituency membership on passport or credit card #'s or something uniquely identifying each individual citizen-voter of a given nation (or an Individual
> IP option?).  I think that stiff penalties should be levied in the event of infraction of single-constituency membership stipulations which should be included
> in all constituency Charters.   I think this is feasible, as most nations already have an existing census/election/poll infrastructure to one degree or another.
> In Canada, there is Elections Canada etc..
> 

In Australia, we have the Australian Electoral Commission, which has
people imprisoned, for trying to inform the people of their voting
rights.

The use of credit cards, for identification, again goes to the wealth of
the individual. Better a simple instrument, like a driving license, or,
passport, or whatever.

-- 

Bret Busby

Armadale, West Australia

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