Subj : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received
To : Dan Clough
From : Shaun Buzza
Date : Sat Mar 12 2022 12:47 pm
DC> SB> This has been made clear by more than one person. At this point,
DC> SB> though, I am wondering why this is so. I strongly feel that it
DC> SB> *should* be a majority decision due to the nature of the election
DC> SB> in question. This is simply personal opinion.
DC>
DC> If you disregard abstentions, it is a majority decision. More yes's
DC> than no's means you get in. I think the voter should have to pick one
DC> or the other, and not be allowed to abstain from any candidate(s).
Effectively, that's the current vote. The voter is *not* allowed to abstain,
if any abstention is not counted toward the total.
DC> I also wonder how it was decided that only RC's can vote for these
DC> candidates. Why not NC's also. Why not the peasant-class of
DC> nodelisted sysops? I saw somewhere in this conversation recently (I
DC> think) that it was deemed that only RC's would have the requisite
DC> intelligence/knowledge to know if a particular candidate was qualified
DC> for such a job. I disagree with that assumption very strongly.
I, too, remember someone saying that recently. Personally, I cannot disagree
with that assumption, as I fit the description a little too well. However, in
theory, the RC votes are supposed to be an aggregate of all the votes in the
controller's region, in a similar fashion to how a House Representative is
supposed to (but doesn't) vote.
DC> Oh well. I shall go back to my peasantly duties now.