[governance] Some thoughts on nomination processes

[Peter H. Hellmonds]

I did not say that one seat *should* be reserved for the minority. I said whether (or not) the preservation of rights implies a reserved seat would depend on setup or the "constitution" of the community.  

Peter 

On 13.01.2014, at 14:59, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

Hi Peter, this paragraph to be specific.  Limited number of seats, and one reserved for a minority.  That seems to fit a classical definition of affirmative action.

Whether such a constituency is oppressed or not, and whether an NGO well funded enough to participate in a rather wide variety of conferences worldwide constitutes an oppressed minority or not, is up for grabs.

--srs (iPad)

On 13-Jan-2014, at 19:08, "Peter H. Hellmonds" <peter.hellmonds at hellmonds.eu> wrote:

>> For me from that follows that any democratic form of government must
>> seek to preserve the rights of minorities so that they are not
>> overpowered by the majority. Whether that preservation of their rights
>> extends to alloting one of a limited number of leadership seats to a
>> representative of a minority, however, would be subject to the
>> constitutional setup of such democracy.

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