[governance] Coordinator election in progress

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 09/01/13 12:37, parminder wrote:
>
>  i think it needs to be explicitly mentioned on the ballot and
> otherwise on the list just before the elections that  participation in
> voting is required (even if excercising a no preference option) to be
> eligible to vote for charter amendments (but not for other purposes) -
> and thus for what can in a way be called as the full membership of
> IGC....

The charter doesn't say that exercising a no preference option is
sufficient.  This is where Avri and I have a disagreement.  I come from
a country with a compulsory preferential voting system, so being forced
to vote doesn't seem so obnoxious to me.  According to the former Chief
Justice of the High Court, even handing in a blank ballot paper is not
allowed in Australia (though this is debatable).  In the context of the
IGC, I feel it is better if everyone who wants to count themselves as a
"full" member of the IGC expresses a preference.  This is one reason for
amending the charter, to make the requirements clearer.

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