Second question, how many members need to support a proposal to recall board members and force a new election? It seems that may be the only way we will actually see any progress on this matter is to fully replace the board of directors.
Thanks for that clarification, I can't
help but feel like this "choice" was carefully crafted in how it
has been presented to the membership base to ensure that
regardless of what "choice" we make, the board is going to get
what they want, which is to raise fee's and sustain an even higher
budget.
We've been "told" that such a motion
cannot be made by the membership and "must" come from the EB,
which is highly debatable.
You now confirm that members,
*regardless of their action* have no voice in the matter and
*some* form of price change to the charging scheme will occur even
if only a single member votes for it.
Since we're on the topic of
discussions, I noticed something that was ignored previously, and
I cannot seem to find in the EB meeting minutes.
Which board members voted FOR this charging scheme and which
members abstained or voted against this charging scheme.
Second question, how many members need
to support a proposal to recall board members and force a new
election? It seems that may be the only way we will actually see
any progress on this matter is to fully replace the board of
directors.
Daniel~
On 5/14/24 6:33 AM, Fergal Cunningham
wrote:
Hi Daniel,
In that scenario, only 50 members would be voting and 950
would be abstaining from the vote. So 26 would be the target
needed for a resolution to achieve a majority and pass.
The Articles of Association provide more details on how the
voting works, but they do note that "Abstentions and invalid
votes shall be considered as not having been cast. All votes,
both valid and invalid, and all abstentions shall be recorded
in the minutes."
Would you not require a majority vote on each item for
it to be adopted?
If for example, we have 1,000 members registered to
vote, but 950 of them abstained from voting on the
charging scheme, surely you could not in good conscious
pass any of the options?
Daniel~
On 5/14/24 6:12 AM, Fergal Cunningham wrote:
Hi Clément,
The Abstain option will be there for all
resolutions and for the Board election, and this will
indeed be reflected in the reporting as usual.
And although the Abstains are recorded, they don't
count towards the results of the vote. Only the
preferential choices count towards the result. And
it's worth pointing out that for the charging scheme
vote, members can vote for all three options in order
of preference, or they can choose just one or two
options.
All the best,
Fergal
On Tue, May 14, 2024
at 11:15 AM Clement Cavadore via members-discuss <members-discuss@ripe.net>
wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, 2024-05-13 at 13:32 +0200, Jan Zorz - Go6
wrote:
> Yes, but those votes need to happen at the GM,
not on the mailing
> list :)
Actually, I have no clue on what to vote at next GM
regarding the
charging scheme. None of the proposal is OK with what
I would like to
see.
I hope the abstain option will be taken into
consideration. I wouldn't
like not to vote, as my opinion won't be reflected if
I simply do not
vote.