[governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter Amendments

[Norbert Bollow]

Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> With reference to the recently proposed amendment for the Voting
> Options by adding "Abstain", whereas the abstention traditionally used
> for an active & protest gesture and beneficial for the sake of
> protesting against the system or candidates. 

In the IGC context, I would interpret an "abstain" vote not as a
protest vote but rather as saying "I care, but don't know the
candidates well enough to be able to express a preference".

Our situation here is different from elections systems where it's
difficult to become a candidate and/or where it's difficult to
communicate dissatisfaction by means other than "protest votes". In the
IGC, if people want to protest against something, they can simply post
to the mailing list and explain the grievance. Therefore I don't see any
reason why someone would want to use the voting process as a means of
protesting.

Greetings,
Norbert

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