[governance] Capture is not a Justification

[Eric Dierker]

A boogeyman is being created to justify preclusion of participation. Do not fall victim to a scapegoat type argument. No one in the world wants to capture this responsibility.  Only those who cannot provide reasonable grounds for their positions would be worried about sharing the membership.
 
As is clear from the many posts regarding rights to vote and membership criterion there are not serious and clear guidelines established that give grounds for preclusion.
 
The only option in this situation is to declare an open period in which to register to vote.  The only obvious requirements that are fair and already known are a desire to participate and previous participation.  It is not possibly fair to say "although it was not known until today, only those who participated in this certain way before can participate now."
 
Fear is not a reasonable grounds for governing.  Fear of the unkown is always present and should never be a motivation for restricting rights. "The only action that should be taken to prevent the unkown is to shed light on the dark"
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