09-07-2015, 06:35 AM
Open question for all.
What is worse.
(A) a chess player joining shortly before a meeting and voting on issues that concern him
(B) a chess player who does not care about the issues but gives his proxy vote to the first person to ask for it.
The first of these last happened in significant numbers when I was in a disputed election for ijd. Parents that cared joined up and some attended.
The second of these happens all the time. There is a significant probability that the result of this SGM is determined by the ability of persons inactive on this thread to garner proxy votes.
For me I would remove proxy votes and replace them with a postal (e mail of course) postal vote.
Absent members could vote yes or no to a specific proposal.
Or vote for a candidate from a specific list
In either case the options would be clearly displayed close to the tick boxes.
What is worse.
(A) a chess player joining shortly before a meeting and voting on issues that concern him
(B) a chess player who does not care about the issues but gives his proxy vote to the first person to ask for it.
The first of these last happened in significant numbers when I was in a disputed election for ijd. Parents that cared joined up and some attended.
The second of these happens all the time. There is a significant probability that the result of this SGM is determined by the ability of persons inactive on this thread to garner proxy votes.
For me I would remove proxy votes and replace them with a postal (e mail of course) postal vote.
Absent members could vote yes or no to a specific proposal.
Or vote for a candidate from a specific list
In either case the options would be clearly displayed close to the tick boxes.