[Noisebridge-discuss] Voting experiment.

[Jacob Appelbaum]

On 09/09/2010 07:11 PM, Josh Myer wrote:
> 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.

Some of us don't have the ability to show up to Tuesday meetings?

All the best,
Jake