<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On 19 November 2015 at 03:42, Chris Caputo </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:secretary@peeringdb.com" target="_blank">secretary@peeringdb.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there a better alternative to the problem of active volunteers not<br>
presently being able to participate in the electoral process?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yes, bunch of volunteers running it without an elected governing body. I do realise, however, that I'm by far in the minority position on this.</div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
There's been a number of ideas here, but maybe it is a can of worms to try<br>
to have both organizations and individuals voting, while keeping things<br>
zero cost.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Users of the database are the ones who should have votes -- be it those reading or updating. IMO it should be the responsibility of the admins to judge the feeling of the community and take action if they feel necessary. That may be against the will of the majority of the public.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I guess I'm suggesting more of a meritocracy than a democratic one vote per independent entity.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As you quite right say, nothing can be done about *this* election, but I'd suggest that a rather large can of worms will be at risk of being opened in the near future as it becomes more "political" and less "rough consensus and running code".</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">M</div></div><br></div></div>