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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Cabal and news group creation etc.
Keywords: newgroup, vote, control
Message-ID: <28503@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 6 Apr 89 22:05:30 GMT
References: <52217@uunet.UU.NET> <1989Apr6.113431.27370@ateng.ateng.com>
Organization: Life is just a Fantasy novel played for keeps
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>>1) pick some people (at most 5). Any one of them can decide to immediately
>>	create a group. They can also immediately decide to reject a group.
>>2) anyone not liking the above choice can vote to override their decision.
>>3) should there be a conflict [...] immediately nullified and go to 2)
>
>Wonderfully simple and workable.  I say yea.

It'll never work. It's simple, straight forward and honest. I'm all for it.

>As to the selection: I suggest that some trustworthy person (Rick? Henry?
>Eric Raymond?) declare himself ineligible and use a pseudo-random selection
>of five ("major"?) sites; the five admins of those sites form the Cabal.
>Replacement to be handled the same way.

I don't think pseudo-random is the appropriate way. I think, instead, that
we ought to do the following:

o Pick an election control officer.
o Any person wants to be part of the group can nominate themselves. They
  should write up a 'campaign' platform explaining why they feel they 
  should be on the board and what they hope to accomplish.
o These are send to the eco, who posts them in a controlled format. 
o The net votes. The top four vote-getter are elected to the board. The
  fifth slot is made available to Rick Adams@uunet, or his nominated
  replacment. Why? Because uunet's one of the critical hubs on the net, and
  Rick has a history of fair-headedness (most of the time). Since uunet
  handles much of the net's traffic, especially overseas, it makes sense to
  give them representation.

And if this all comes to pass, I'll oversee any election unless someone out
there has a major philosophical problem with it. 




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