[wsfii-discuss] ... take the lead - Date selection

Fri Jun 15 09:15:06 UTC 2007

hi

i agree with both of you. how this is possible? i think because, you are
discussing a problem which has not yet evolved. i think we just should
give this tool a chance, as we should give it to the ghanaian
administrive group, as seen in the minutes. its surely a process and the
discussions we do are I in no way useless, but of great value, as this
is the kind of direct exchange the world has missed for the last 100.000
years ;)

grts, marco, berlin

Vickram Crishna schrieb:
> --- Gregers Petersen <ic at momu.dk> wrote:
>
>   
>> Vickram Crishna wrote:
>>     
>>> To be fair I think only those who can actually go
>>> (with reasonable surety) to the meeting, or will
>>>       
>> be
>>     
>>> helping out with logistics and therefore are
>>>       
>> impacted
>>     
>>> by the date, should vote. In other words, only
>>>       
>> direct
>>     
>>> stakeholders should vote.
>>>       
>> I believe the position from which Ian argues is that
>> everyone is a 
>> direct stakeholder - everyone who (at what ever
>> level) participates in 
>> WSFII activities is a stakeholder.
>>     
>
> I think this is applicable and very much a WSFII value
> for other situations, but here we are discussing
> specific WSFII events - how will I add value (and not
> in fact detract from a fair assessment) by voting for
> some date for an event that I have no intention or
> ability to attend or otherwise directly contribute. 
>
> Take the Ghana meeting - if it should turn out that I
> am not going to attend anyway, how will my vote be
> useful (I could mischievously vote the meet should be
> in September or December, and thus skew the results,
> and impact other WSFII meets or even meets of other
> wireless mesh groups - all uselessly)?
>   
>>> I don't know if this meeting scheduler can remove
>>> irrelevant votes. 
>>>       
>> Non of the votes are irrelevant!
>>     
>
> Just as someone asked who will take charge of
> administrative tasks for a web site, to prevent
> spamming, vandalising or disreputable activities, so
> must there be some purpose in voting. Thus the
> electoral college for a meet ought to be made up of
> people who want to attend or help directly. 
>
>   
>> Are there any other choices
>>     
>>> available for such processes online?
>>>
>>>       
>> It will be up to the indiviudals who are active on
>> the coord-list (which 
>> is open to everybody) to look at the options,
>> discuss them on the 'list' 
>> and come-up with a decision - and then get on with
>> it.
>>
>>     
>
> Perfectly right. But they should also be able to
> review who has voted, in order to reverse the effect
> of such spamming.
>
> Vickram
>
>
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