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

> On 14 May 2024, at 13:38, Clement Cavadore via members-discuss <members-discuss at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2024-05-14 at 13:33 +0200, Fergal Cunningham 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.
>> 
>> 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.google.com/url?q=https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/%23article-18-general-meeting-voting&source=gmail-imap&ust=1716291572000000&usg=AOvVaw3mzRk5XwswamNhG2RxUWG2
> 
> 
> best recipe on how to make an unwanted decision pass.
> Good game, folks. 

Come on, do we really need to ask the RIPE NCC to organize a session “Voting For Dummies”?

You have three options during a vote:

- Yes
- No
- I don’t care

If there are:

- 26 votes in favor
- 24 votes against
- 950 abstentions

Then:

- 26 people care and want the resolution to pass
- 24 people care and don’t want the resolution to pass
- 950 people say “I don’t care”

And the resolution passes.

It’s not rocket science.

Alex