<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Elvis,</div><div><br></div><div>Yes. The system works the same way whether there are 50 or 5,000 votes. </div><div><br></div><div>In your example, no option has a majority after the first round. So option 1 is eliminated and the second preferences are redistributed to the other two options. Whichever of those two then has the majority is deemed to be the winner.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps. It's the exact same system as the one we always use for the EB elections.</div><div><br></div><div>Fergal<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM Elvis Daniel Velea <<a href="mailto:elvis@v4escrow.net">elvis@v4escrow.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Fergal,</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 04:33 Fergal Cunningham <<a href="mailto:fergalc@ripe.net" target="_blank">fergalc@ripe.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Daniel,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let’s go on with this hypothetical example and say that 16 voted for option one, 17 for option 2, 17 for option 3. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Will any resolution still pass?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Elvis </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"></div><div><br></div><div>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."</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-18-general-meeting-voting" target="_blank">https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-18-general-meeting-voting</a></div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Fergal<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM Daniel Pearson <<a href="mailto:daniel@privatesystems.net" target="_blank">daniel@privatesystems.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>Fergal,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Would you not require a majority vote
on each item for it to be adopted?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Daniel~<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>On 5/14/24 6:12 AM, Fergal Cunningham
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Clément,<br>
<br>
<div>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. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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. </div>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Fergal</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 14, 2024 at
11:15 AM Clement Cavadore via members-discuss <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net" target="_blank">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
On Mon, 2024-05-13 at 13:32 +0200, Jan Zorz - Go6 wrote:<br>
> Yes, but those votes need to happen at the GM, not on the
mailing<br>
> list :)<br>
<br>
Actually, I have no clue on what to vote at next GM regarding
the<br>
charging scheme. None of the proposal is OK with what I would
like to<br>
see.<br>
<br>
I hope the abstain option will be taken into consideration. I
wouldn't<br>
like not to vote, as my opinion won't be reflected if I simply
do not<br>
vote.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Clément Cavadore<br>
<br>
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