[Foundation] [was no subject] Secret ballots ?
Martin Rogard
martin at vibes.net
Thu Aug 22 04:21:20 CDT 2002
I totally second Greg's statement. The purpose here is the interest of
the JSF not individuals IMHO, and influence on votes by corporations are
bad for the JSF therefore I really don't see the point of closed
ballots.
<off topic>
On those days of massive regulation by corporation and their blatant
incapacity to behave in good citizens of this world, it's time to think
in the interest of our subject : the community.
</off topic>
I failed to find a link to the bylaws on j.o, is there a way to propose
an ammendment in this direction ?
- martin
> -----Message d'origine-----
> There's always going to be some threat of employers
> influencing how their employees vote, even if we were to have
> a super-secure means of communicating the vote, someones boss
> could hover over their shoulder and encourage them to vote a
> certain way.
>
> But with that concern in mind, what kind of people and
> companies do we want to be in the Jabber Software Foundation?
> I don't have access to the JSF membership list in an easily
> manipulated format at the moment, but it looks like a fair
> number of people are Individuals. I don't see that there's
> any company that has anywhere near the number of JSF members
> as there are individuals, let alone enough to have a major
> impact on the outcome of an election by strong-arming their
> employees votes.
>
> If companies are using these 'strong-arm' tactics, are they
> really appropriate for the JSF? I wouldn't be willing to
> work for any company that tried to force me to vote a certain
> way. Among other things, it means that they're probably not
> honest in other business dealings, and that they don't have
> any confidence in their ability to communicate their ideas
> effectively to the rest of the JSF, the council, and the
> board. I don't want these companies involved with Jabber
> because their decisions won't be the ones that are best for Jabber.
>
> Sorry, that turned into a bit of a rant. But unless there's
> a better reason for secret ballots (until somebody comes up
> with a decent explanation, closed ballot == ballot that only
> registered people can cast), I'm wholeheartedly opposed to them.
> Greg
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