M. Kolar wrote:
Mirek
By abstaining in a vote either
explicitly or implicitly (by not participating at all), this member
states that
(s)he leaves the decision in this matters to
others who are participating in the vote, and that when a decision is
made, (s)he will
accept the decision made by others and not object to its implementation.
this would be
the best incentive for everybody to participate if they have any
opinion on the matter.
Hmmmm. Offhand my reaction is that one should
have the right to abstain without any implicit message. I mean
otherwise we'd sort of condition/modify people's right to say nothing.
I like the proposal without this new language.
Mark
-------------------------------------
All:
One more clarification of my previous post/proposal: It should be
also made clear that by abstaining in a deliberation/voting, either
explicitly (in our voting system, you can choose to select not a single
alternative in majority votes, or vote N on some/all alternatives in
range voting) or implicitly (by not voting at all), one states that
(s)he will leave the decision in this matters to others who are voting,
and that when a decision is made, (s)he will accept this decision and
not object to its implementation. this would be the best incentive for
everybody to participate if they have any opinion on the matter.
So in order that my proposal will not be lost at the end of the
previous message, I write it again here separately with the above
included:
I propose to the Board to put this on agenda for decision: to add
explicitly to WDDM charter or rules this rule:
When a decision is to
be made, every member must get all the information about an issue, and
be informed that a vote will be held well in advance. Everybody can
freely participate in all the deliberations and in the vote. If a
member chooses not to participate in a vote, it will be deemed that
(s)he abstained in this particular vote. By abstaining in a vote either
explicitly or implicitly (by not participating at all), this member
states that
(s)he leaves the decision in this matters to
others who are participating in the vote, and that when a decision is
made, (s)he will
accept the decision made by others and not object to its implementation.
this would be
the best incentive for everybody to participate if they have any
opinion on the matter.
Mirek
|