I agree with kurtis on this. 2% of the eligible votes is very low already. /Nina -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net [mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net] På vegne af Kurt Erik Lindqvist Sendt: 28. marts 2012 10:04 Til: sergey myasoedov Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net Emne: Re: [members-discuss] amendment proposal for the Article ofassociation On 27 mar 2012, at 20:07, sergey myasoedov wrote:
Currently at least 2% of members should vote for adding items into Agenda. Respective to the total number of members this means that _160_ LIRs should ask the EB to discuss something that is not included in the Agenda.
From my opinion that is too much. No more than 250-300 members are usually attending GM, even with the electronic voting. And 2% threshold means ~50% of active members, so there is no possibility to raise any question to the GM level.
And this is the reason for my proposal: to change the threshold in the section 15.6 of AoA to 0.3% or to 30 or 40 members.
Any suggestions?
I actually prefer to keep it the way it is. The 2% is referring to the total number of eligible votes, not to the number of people attending the AGM. 2% is actually a very low threashold, and lowering the bar further risks launching a DDoS on the AGM, which we don't need. The primary means of influencing the direction of the association as a member is through the elections to the RIPE NCC board. Not through launching agenda items on to the AGM agenda. Keep as is! Best regards, - kurtis - --- Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO kurtis@netnod.se, Direct: +46-8-562 860 11, Switch: +46-8-562 860 00 Franzéngatan 5 | SE-112 51 Stockholm | Sweden