[members-discuss] [comms-circle] Re: Re: [ncc-announce] [GM] Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2025 Proposals

Correct, but the question is: is it ok for the option to reject the 
proposed resolution to be missing ?

If it is ok, it means that the membership can be forced to adopt any 
resolution, just by having various similar options. This is a loophole 
that could be exploited for nefarious purposes.

If not, the vote as proposed is invalid.


To be clear: my intention is not to promote a rejection of the charging 
scheme. This is a more general concern. I find very suspicious to see a 
resolution proposal that can't be rejected, in the general meeting of a 
membership-based association.


Sebastien Brossier



On 11/04/2024 12:39, Fergal Cunningham wrote:
> Dear Sebastien,
> 
> According to Article 18.3 of the Articles of Association, if a proposed 
> resolution contains various options, the method of instant run-off 
> voting is used, as described in the same article (similar to the 
> elections of EB members).
> 
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-18-general-meeting-voting <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-18-general-meeting-voting>
> 
> Best regards,
> Fergal
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:52 AM Sebastien Brossier 
> <sebastien at brossier.org <mailto:sebastien at brossier.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/04/2024 14:54, Fergal Cunningham wrote:
>      > The vote for this proposal would not allow all options to be
>     rejected.
>      > It would be run with the instant run-off vote format in the same
>     way as
>      > the Executive Board election is run. So members would be asked to
>     vote
>      > for the three options in order of preference and the scheme that
>      > achieves more than 50% of preferences either on the first round or
>      > second round would be deemed to have been chosen.
> 
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     Is this even legal, wrt the articles of association ?
>     Holding a vote to adopt an item, without a reject option.
> 
> 
>     Best regards,
>     Sebastien Brossier