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

Hi.

Except there is NO vote option against in any form. It’s just 3 times slightly modified “yes” pretending we have choice and way to affect resolution.

> On 14 May 2024, at 14:55, Alex Le Heux <aleheux at ting.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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
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