*Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - voting has started

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:00:13PM +0200, Tatiana Tropina (tatiana.tropina at gmail.com) wrote:

> Just for the record: I *never* suggested to drop the election, I asked why
> we need them to show the flaws and issues in the process. Rhetorical thing.
> So no need to put in my mouth the words I never said and never meant.

I did not put words in your mouth. But my apologies for taking them
literally.

> Yes, we need to have elections. And not symbolic ones. And there can be
> many things - like thresholds

That might make sense, although as noted I am sceptical about that.

> or the possibility to vote not only for but against a candidate.

That has been suggested in many elections the world over. It has always
been found to be a bad idea. It has the tendency to keep minorities
from getting their voice heard.

But you are certainly welcome to suggest that, the charter can be
changed that way if people want. I will add it to the list of
suggested charter changes.

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Tapani Tarvainen