Text 1204, 82 rader
Skriven 2008-03-21 20:49:41 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
   Kommentar till text 1193 av Vince Coen (2:250/1)
Ärende: Nomination
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Hello Vince,

On Friday March 21 2008 13:06, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Other than that: I think it is up to you to explain to the
 MvdV>> FidoNet community why *you* think the double hat would not be a
 MvdV>> problem and be a potential source of conflict of interest.

 VC> ok, I understood that the number of seats is 30 and you have had a far
 VC> smaller number in place

30 is the maximum number. The minumum number is 7 and we are well past that.
With the very much reduced FidoNet we have today, I see no reason to strive for
the maximum.

 VC> that is not very democratic nor presents a wide enough spread of
 VC> knowledge to assist in the task at hand.

FidoNet is not and never was a democracy and for the present task at hand the
present number of around 15 is more than enough.

 VC> My role as RC that was thrust upon me due to the previous leaving fido
 VC> was not rally a matter of choice but of the only one who could due to
 VC> a very small segment that had a real contact address and was in
 VC> regular communication within and outside of the region. In that I
 VC> covered the requirements.

I am aware of how you landed in the RC25 chair.

 VC> I do not see how the RC of a segment of 4 nodes that are not listed as
 VC> PVT

If there are so few left there is the option of asking the ZC to disband te
region and move what remains to another region or have them listed in the Z2
fall back net 550.

 VC> can interfere with the workings of the group after all its not
 VC> that I'm standing as the administrator etc.

In the past we had severel occasions where the FTSC and the *C's stood at
opposite ends. This can happoen again and then you will put yourself in a
postion of having to choose between loyalties. This already happened when one
of our members was hoisted into a ZC chair.

 VC> And as soneone else pointed out the rate of shrinkage of the fido
 VC> nodelists means that it will be almost impossible to find the required
 VC> number of prospective members to draw from.

Concerning the FTSC we have not reached that point yet. We are well over the
mimimum required number of members by a comfortable 3 dB margin and with the
shrinkage of FidoNet there is not all that much to be done any more. We are not
understaffed.

 VC> Also When you called for nominee's you did not specify who was'n't
 VC> elligible to stand.

I do not make the rules, I merely carry them out. It is however pretty clear to
me that the rule makers did not foresee this situation. It is clear to me that
the tacit assumption was that the ones voting and the ones to be voted in would
not overlap.

The rules are laid down in FTA-1001. You can view it at www.ftsc.org

 VC> Almost forgot, all candidates can vote, therefore all that stand can
 VC> also vote for themselves as applies in all elections here the USA and
 VC> every where else.

Not in *this* election. Only RCs and RECs may vote. So you will be the only
candidate that can vote for himself. Not only that, you can issue a "no" vote
against each of the other candidates.

 VC> This does not create an 'undue advantage' over others as the
 VC> persentages are exactly the same.

Not so, you will not be in the same position as the other candidates. Again: I
do not make the rules, I just carry them out.


Cheers, Michiel

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