Re: AC Voting for Webizen

On 3/31/2014 7:43 PM, Jean-Charles JC VerdiƩ wrote:
> Jeff Jaffe wrote:
>> I have posted a proposal for comment in the wiki [1].
>>
>> [1] https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen#Webizen_voting_for_the_AC
>>
>
> I like that STV is finally considered in an official ballot. If it 
> could be a first step toward seeing this generalized to TAG & AB 
> elections, that'd be even better.
>
> Some questions, which might have been addressed before, sorry about 
> jumping in late:
> - why just 1 year term? 2 years seems more reasonable to grasp the 
> role and build some influence

No particular reason.

> - regional clusters is a solution to the issue of representativeness, 
> another would be to use technical clusters: in orgs such as OIPF, 
> HbbTV, companies declare themselves in the XX, YY or ZZ industry, and 
> each cluster elects its own representatives. That would probably be a 
> better option down the road, but might be a bit more complex for the 
> initial setup

Yes, this is an excellent idea.  Once we see whether the Webizen idea is 
popular; how many people sign up; what type of people sign up, we can be 
much more thoughtful about elections.  I prefer something simple for now 
because we are still operating at a concept level.

>
> JC
>

Received on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 12:56:12 UTC