[Noisebridge-discuss] Voting experiment.

[Josh Myer]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net> wrote:

> On 09/09/2010 06:27 PM, Ceren Ercen wrote:
> > "Many of us are willing to voice
> > absent members' concerns during meetings, even if we do not share them"
> >
> > I think that's not unique to a consensus-style governance. You all would
> do
> > this for each other regardless.
>
> The importance difference is one of agency.
>
> With our consensus style discussion, a person is able to effectively
> discuss a point and express (a lack of or support for) consensus on
> behalf of whoever they proxy.
>
> It's rare in a voting system to give out extra ballots to people who say
> they're representing some other people who aren't at the polling place.
> Generally, that defeats the purpose of letting people vote in the first
> place...
>
>
I fail to see how this is anything but a benefit.

Just sayin'.
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/jbm
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