Hi Elvis,

Yes. The system works the same way whether there are 50 or 5,000 votes. 

In your example, no option has a majority after the first round. So option 1 is eliminated and the second preferences are redistributed to the other two options. Whichever of those two then has the majority is deemed to be the winner.

Hope that helps. It's the exact same system as the one we always use for the EB elections.

Fergal

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM Elvis Daniel Velea <elvis@v4escrow.net> wrote:
Hi Fergal,

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 04:33 Fergal Cunningham <fergalc@ripe.net> 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.

Let’s go on with this hypothetical example and say that 16 voted for option one, 17 for option 2, 17 for option 3. 

Will any resolution still pass?

Elvis 


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."


All the best,
Fergal

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM Daniel Pearson <daniel@privatesystems.net> wrote:
Fergal,

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.

Regards,

Clément Cavadore

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