[Members] XSF Membership Applications

[Edwin Mons]

On 30/04/14 10:31, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On 30 April 2014 07:18, Edwin Mons <jsf at edwinm.ik.nu
> <mailto:jsf at edwinm.ik.nu>> wrote:
>
>     On 29/04/14 13:16, Ashley Ward wrote:
>>
>>     On 29 Apr 2014, at 12:12, Alexander Gnauck <gnauck at ag-software.de
>>     <mailto:gnauck at ag-software.de>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Of course, none of these options really matter unless the
>>>         members happen to vote yes to two essentially contradictory
>>>         motions. And none of you blindly vote yes to everything, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>     right ;-)
>>>
>>>     I propose to contact Mojo Lingo and inform them about our
>>>     proposal of the bylaws changed. Maybe they are interested to
>>>     change their application from cooperate to a natural person of
>>>     the company.
>>
>>     Good idea, although it seems that Ben Langfeld is the
>>     representative and he already has a personal application too. In
>>     fact the jids are the same for both Ben and Mojo Lingo.
>>
>
>     Ah, that's interesting. Two members sharing the same JID, that
>     would be a first for meetings and votes. Will votes cast from that
>     JID count double?
>
>
> Oh, that's complicated.
>
> We certainly shouldn't assume that the vote of the company is the same
> as Ben's personal vote.
>

True.  I think it's not unreasonable for the XSF to require all members
to use a distinct, unique JID, if only to avoid this ambiguity.

Edwin

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