[members-discuss] Request to amend the RIPE NCC Articles of Association

Hi All,

RIPE68 was my first RIPE meeting and after reading all the emails going back and forth it seems to me if the Candidates want your vote then they should have their presentation or at least their reasons for running for election posted well in advance as well.

I found that actually waiting for the presentations and then listening to the comments did not sway my opinion on my voting for the Board Candidates but then there is not much time to really think about it at the GM.

As for electronic voting, I am all for it in principle and I really do not care about anonymity as I am not voting for the leader of a country or a member of congress (in which there could be reprisal against you for who or what you vote for).

Since there is already electronic voting for non-attendees (which their votes should count because they may have very specific reasons for not being able to attend) then for the attendees it should be a 12hr window for them to cast their vote electronically after the GM discussions. This should also allow for enough time for the announcement to be made at the RIPE meeting either the morning of the last day or the evening of the day before.

Let's Face it, no matter what the decision is, not everyone will like it and that is a fact of life. As someone else mentioned in the emails, maybe we should have an electronic vote on whether to go fully electronic or not and the time frame to vote.

Best Regards and Ramadan Kareem to All

Tim 





-----Original Message-----
From: members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Dominik Nowacki
Sent: 26 June 2014 01:05
Cc: members-discuss at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Request to amend the RIPE NCC Articles of Association

‎Hi All,
I do believe candidates should have the opportunity to convince voters. What a point of them producing themselves and convincing the voters, if say half of them has already voted.

‎I'm fine with 24 hours vote time but in my opinion there should be no voting before the debate.


With Kind Regards,
Dominik Nowacki

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  Original Message
From: Brandon Butterworth
Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:36
To: brandon at rd.bbc.co.uk; lists-ripe at c4inet.net
Cc: members-discuss at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Request to amend the RIPE NCC Articles of Association


> 25 Jun 2014 19:35 lists-ripe at c4inet.net a vote without debate leaves a 
> bad taste, be it in $parliament or at the NCC AGM. Indeed, it is not 
> far away from a jury delivering a verdict before the evidence has been 
> presented.

Nobody said no debate.

At the moment you can vote without listening to the debate, what difference does it make being allowed to do the same the day before?

I think it's unreasonable to insist all voters have to sit through it before being allowed to vote at all but if it is necessary (need a vote on that :) then lock the doors, anyone who leaves loses their vote, allow only physical votes.

brandon

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