[members-discuss] amendment proposal for the Article ofassociation

+1, I can't imagine a lesser value for this.

Dave.

On 28/03/2012 10:58, "Nina Hjorth Bargisen" <NIHB at tdc.dk> wrote:

>I agree with kurtis on this. 2% of the eligible votes is very low already.
>
>/Nina 
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>Sendt: 28. marts 2012 10:04
>Til: sergey myasoedov
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>Emne: Re: [members-discuss] amendment proposal for the Article
>ofassociation
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>On 27 mar 2012, at 20:07, sergey myasoedov wrote:
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>>     Currently at least 2% of members should vote for adding items into
>>Agenda.
>> Respective to the total number of members this means that _160_ LIRs
>> should ask the EB to discuss something that is not included in the
>>Agenda.
>> 
>>      From my opinion that is too much. No more than 250-300 members
>> are usually attending GM, even with the electronic voting. And 2%
>> threshold means ~50% of active members, so there is no possibility to
>>raise any question to the GM level.
>> 
>>      And this is the reason for my proposal: to change the threshold
>> in the section 15.6 of AoA to 0.3% or to 30 or 40 members.
>> 
>>      Any suggestions?
>
>I actually prefer to keep it the way it is. The 2% is referring to the
>total number of eligible votes, not to the number of people attending the
>AGM. 2% is actually a very low threashold, and lowering the bar further
>risks launching a DDoS on the AGM, which we don't need. The primary means
>of influencing the direction of the association as a member is through
>the elections to the RIPE NCC board. Not through launching agenda items
>on to the AGM agenda.
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>Keep as is!
>
>Best regards,
>
>- kurtis -
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