Re: [wg-review] Immediate vote on voting - respond please

[Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

2/1/01 12:46:01 PM, Eric Dierker <ERIC@HI-TEK.COM> wrote:

>I have made public not only that I voted but also how I voted. I work
>for HI-TEK and my CEO did not like my comments or voting, but now he has
>come to my point of view. I don't want someone who works for example
>Verisign but participates in this group personally not to be able to
>vote their view because of a conflict with their employer's view.
>
>I cannot say exactly the uses to which the publication of how we voted
>will be used but I ask each voter on this subject to vote against it.

Eric, I agree with you on the issue of privacy regarding *how* one voted.  I
don't think anybody has a right to know *how* anybody voted!

On the other hand, I think there's nothing wrong with knowing *who* did
vote.  Nobody has clearly stated *why* it's NOT a good idea to know
*who* voted (irrespective of *how* they voted).  The voting takes place
in a poll both, and nobody's employer has access to the records of *how*
any individual voted.

HOWEVER, considering the small number of people voting in this WG
to-date, I can understand how some would be hesitant to vote their own truly
personal views (especially considering how much scrutiny this List is receiving) if
a list of voters were to be made public.  The results, if one-sided, would serve to 
indicate the *how* of the votes cast by the individuals who voted.  

This having been said, let me state that mandatory public voter identification 
in a group the size of the current WG voter pool is probably NOT a very good idea.
Under the current polling system (Joop's), I believe people do have the option of identifying
themselves *as* voters.

I have tried to be as honest and forthright as possible with all Members of the WG.
If I choose to publicly identify myself as a voter, then that is my prerogative under the
current circumstances in effect on this List.  

I have given this issue much reflection, and I will stand with Eric on this one.
Although the current system is not perfect, it will have to suffice for our present purposes 
as a WG.  Let's face it, we're not making major policy decisions here... just trying to
effectively and HONESTLY elicit relevant input.

We still have much work to do.  Perhaps, we should move on.

Sincerely,



  


Sotiris Sotiropoulos
          Hermes Network, Inc. 


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