[members-discuss] gm-may2009/presentations/voting-options.pdf

Rob Evans wrote:
>>Concerning the possible process for board members, there is a 4th
>>solution that is at the same time simple and that allow the best
>>representativity. This is the process that is used for justice courts
>>"JURY", and also the root of "democracy" in ancient greek times : having
>>a random drawing between all members.
> 
> Forgive me, I'm struggling to see the similarity between a jury and the
> RIPE NCC executive board. A closer comparison would be between a council or government and the
> board.

Even now, a court jury may decide of life and death, what is more 
important ?

   I don't believe there are many countries or regions where the
> former is taken from a random selection of the population 

The original "democracy" was based on random selection in greece : this 
was to avoid that economical powers would ridge the election process 
through influences...

The current political election process is no democracy, this is beauty 
contest and psychology warfare, where the most you ads and frighten 
people, the most you win.

I'm not telling that RIPE elections are like that :-) But don't take 
current political process as a model...

-- many people
> don't want to do it,

Anybody may and can refuse. Just take the next, like in jury.

  or don't have the skills to do it,

Do you think that all current elected political people have some skills 
out from being good actors ?

  even though they
> have a vested interest in the outcome.  The purpose of an election is
> for the members to choose who they wish to represent them in the
> governing body.

I don't know personnally anybody in the current board, how can i choose 
and judge their skills ?

The result is that i have not voted until now, because i don't know 
anybody and the cost to go to the GM meeting is too high...

And currently, i am not sure the current board is representing the 
members : how many boards members are from ExtraSmall and Small categories ?

This is why i ask to know which RIPE members are representing the 
current boards members.

Best regards,
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