[members-discuss] [comms-circle] Re: [ncc-announce] [GM] Executive Board Meeting to Discuss Charging Scheme Input from Members

Hi Fergal,

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 04:33 Fergal Cunningham <fergalc at ripe.net> wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
>
> In that scenario, only 50 members would be voting and 950 would be
> abstaining from the vote. So 26 would be the target needed for a resolution
> to achieve a majority and pass.
>

Let’s go on with this hypothetical example and say that 16 voted for option
one, 17 for option 2, 17 for option 3.

Will any resolution still pass?

Elvis


> The Articles of Association provide more details on how the voting works,
> but they do note that "Abstentions and invalid votes shall be considered as
> not having been cast. All votes, both valid and invalid, and all
> abstentions shall be recorded in the minutes."
>
>
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-18-general-meeting-voting
>
> All the best,
> Fergal
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM Daniel Pearson <daniel at privatesystems.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Fergal,
>>
>> Would you not require a majority vote on each item for it to be adopted?
>>
>> If for example, we have 1,000 members registered to vote, but 950 of them
>> abstained from voting on the charging scheme, surely you could not in good
>> conscious pass any of the options?
>>
>> Daniel~
>>
>> On 5/14/24 6:12 AM, Fergal Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> Hi Clément,
>>
>> The Abstain option will be there for all resolutions and for the Board
>> election, and this will indeed be reflected in the reporting as usual.
>>
>> And although the Abstains are recorded, they don't count towards the
>> results of the vote. Only the preferential choices count towards the
>> result. And it's worth pointing out that for the charging scheme vote,
>> members can vote for all three options in order of preference, or they can
>> choose just one or two options.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Fergal
>>
>> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:15 AM Clement Cavadore via members-discuss <
>> members-discuss at ripe.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2024-05-13 at 13:32 +0200, Jan Zorz - Go6 wrote:
>>> > Yes, but those votes need to happen at the GM, not on the mailing
>>> > list :)
>>>
>>> Actually, I have no clue on what to vote at next GM regarding the
>>> charging scheme. None of the proposal is OK with what I would like to
>>> see.
>>>
>>> I hope the abstain option will be taken into consideration. I wouldn't
>>> like not to vote, as my opinion won't be reflected if I simply do not
>>> vote.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Clément Cavadore
>>>
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