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00639: Re: [WDDM] A proposal put for vote to all the WDDM members

From: "Annette Jackson" <aja95799(at)bigpond.net.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:35:42 +1000
Subject: Re: [WDDM] A proposal put for vote to all the WDDM members

To the group,
the interest part is that Ricardo Semlers companies through the rule books
out the window,& based their decision making on common sense,had a context &
purpose to what they wanted & all voted, majority vote won.
Can anyone say that they have developed a huge ground swell of public
support for their form of direct democracy, because that is the key is "how
to win the hearts and minds of the public"
One of the hardest things to overcome is a lot of people believe,
that there will be a savour,
which will come back and fix it all for us.
The world-wide-democracy is a great connecting point,for many different
idea's.
Onething that the David Syme Organise taught me was that you need to pick a
time when people are really ready to hear your message.
Democracy is a real challenge-the underlying true is we get the governments
we deserve-because a majority of society do nothing about it.

Regards
Martin Jackson

----- Original Message -----
From: "WDDM webmaster" <wbm@world-wide-democracy.net>
To: <wddm@world-wide-democracy.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:24 AM
Subject: [WDDM] A proposal put for vote to all the WDDM members


Dear WDDM members!
A group of five "Active" WDDM members have been having discussion in the
WDDM Forum about how to move closer to the re-establishment of a
functioning WDDM. You can find these discussions in the "Internal WDDM
Discussions Folder" at
http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/forum/index.php?3, in the "WDDM
Membership Guidelines" forum. We have come up with a proposal for the
"WDDM Membership Structure and Rules", and we want to put this proposal to
the vote of all the current WDDM members before we proceed further.
We recommend that you read all the discussions in the "WDDM Membership
Guidelines" forum, and possibly in other related forums in the "Internal
WDDM Discussions Folder" so that you can make an informed decision.
The proposal is attached below.
The vote on this proposal is a simple YES/NO vote.
You can either ACCEPT (YES vote) or REJECT (NO vote) this proposal.
The decision on this proposal will be made on the basis of the majority
of all who have voted within 7 calendar days from now, i.e., by June 26,
15:00 MST (or 17:00 EST, or 21:00 GMT/UTC, or June 27, 6:00 Tokyo time).
To make it easy for all the WDDM members, the vote on this proposal is
by e-mail, send you votes in to wddm@world-wide-democracy.net (or simply
reply to this e-mail).
Thank you,
Mirek

THE PROPOSAL that is the subject of this vote (also posted at: ):

Beginning of the
proposal ----------------------------------------------------

WDDM Membership Structure and Rules
===================================

SUMMARY:

Our past experience shows that there are roughly two groups who want to be
associated with WDDM.

1. There is a larger group of people who support WDDM goals (to various
extent) but are currently not able to participate more actively. These
persons will be called the WDDM Associate Members. They constitute a loose
Association without any further internal structure. WDDM Associate
Membership is granted without approval to all interested persons who
complete the registration form at
http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/forum/register.php. However, their
membership can be terminated, if their behaviour is in complete
contradiction to the WDDM mission.

2. The second, smaller group consists of people who are able and willing
to be active in the WDDM operations. They will be called the
Administrators (or Operating Members, Active Members, or Ordinary
Members - the exact name chosen may be the subject of further discussion).
They can create whatever structure (officers, Board) they deem necessary
for the efficient functioning of WDDM. This group of Administrators can be
seen as the WDDM proper - an Organization within the larger pool (or
association) of associate members. Any Associate Member can apply to
become an Administrator. Such applications are processed and approved by
all current Administrators.


PROPOSED RULES:

RULE A: Only the current Administrators shall hold authority to create or
amend the WDDM Operating Rules or Constitution.

RULE B: All members can make suggestions relating to WDDM's operations,
but final decisions shall be made only by a consensus of the
organization's Administrators.

RULE C: Any Administrator, who fails to vote at official WDDM polls (for
more than five (5) times or more) during a period of more than six (6)
months without an acceptable reason submitted to the Operating Members
shall be relegated to Associate Member status.

RULE D: Any Administrator member shall be relegated to Associate Member
status should 75 percent of the Administrators vote in favour of such a
motion.


To become a WDDM (Associate) MEMBER: an individual must complete the
application form found at www.world-wide-democracy.net.


To become an ADMINISTRATOR: a member shall have actively participated in
WDDM discussions for no less than six (6) months and must complete the
application form found at www.world-wide-democracy.net.

End of the proposal ----------------------------------------------------

Attachment to the Proposal:

The Administrator application form will contain the fields for the
applicant's full real name and mailing address, and the following
information on the approval process:
1. The Administrator Member Application is sent to all the current
Administrator Members for review.
2. The Administrator Application Review will be completed within 90 days.
3. An applicant will be immediately accepted as a WDDM Administrator if
not more than 20% of the current Administrators have any objections to
her/his Membership.
4. An applicant will be immediately rejected if 80% or more of the
Administrators are against her/his Administrator Membership.
5. If none of 3. or 4. applies, the application is suspended until a
consensus (either 3. or 4.) is achieved.
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We are looking for your votes!

The initial Active Members/Administrators


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