On 06/06/2025 16:00:49, "Fergal Cunningham" <fergalc@ripe.net> wrote:
Increasing voter turnout is something we’ve worked very hard at since electronic voting was introduced. In summary, what we have done is:
The best way demonstrated so far is to have a high peril option that looks too risky to ignore.
Make registration and voting as easy as possible - registering takes no more than a minute or two via the LIR Portal
I have registered then later forgot vote, if you get my attention once maybe you should use it to collect my vote rather than a registration.
Given the above, it’s not clear to what extent changes to process will increase turnout.
Yes, most of the time we, and I suspect many others, just don't feel the need if there is nothing there that we object to.
Although we do expect a vote on a new charging model based on the Charging Scheme Task Force’s proposed principles would see many more members exercise their voting rights.
If you are going to try forcing another category based system that increases fees in the lower tiers and leaves them at risk of large increases as membership declines then yes we will need to turn out to say no again.
People might well be more convinced by someone they know in their network than by an additional email from the RIPE NCC.
That's how it works "oh shit, look what they have put up for vote". Really we don't need this drama. brandon