Re: Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-18 Thread Davide Lombardo
How you can credibly blame the FSF to have kept secret the process of RMS reinstatement, when you are the first asking to keep secret the votes in regard of this stupid GR ? You should select better the DPL the next time, pushing a such divisive GR in freeze time was a very bad decision for

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-04 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi, On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:06:07PM +, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Could we get a Constitution Amendment GR passed along the lines of the > following? > > Provided that 2*Q developers demand it, votes are kept secret after > the vote ended. I would actually prefer it to be easier: If

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Hello, On 01.04.21 20:08, Bart Martens wrote: On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: The constitution says: 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote the Project

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Bart Martens
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > The constitution says: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and >results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote >the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Philip Hands
Kurt Roeckx writes: ... >after the vote the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. ... > You could say that "all the votes cast" could mean what was voted, You could also note that there is no stipulation of how soon after the vote that publication must occur, and decide that in

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Felix Lechner writes: > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice We would have to pass a constitutional amendment to allow for secret votes for anything other than DPL elections, at least by my understanding of the constitution and this thread, so there will be plenty

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:18:08AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I could move to voting software like Belenios > > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice > could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:47:51AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I didn't quite parse that, so I'm not sure if this is what you were > already proposing, but I wonder if we should just have secret ballots for > all votes. My bad for my previous non-parsable paragraph. I was proposing something

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 10:18:08-0700, Felix Lechner a écrit : > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I could move to voting software like Belenios > > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice > could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I could move to voting software like Belenios Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those who care least but provide the gravity to hold the project together. It could

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:47:51AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > > > This is probably something that should be fixed in the Constitution, by > > mandating secret voting for elections whereas living to the judgment of > > the secretary whether other GR votes should be

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > This is probably something that should be fixed in the Constitution, by > mandating secret voting for elections whereas living to the judgment of > the secretary whether other GR votes should be secret or not. I didn't quite parse that, so I'm not sure if this is

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 19:04:41+0300, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : > On Jo, 01 apr 21, 17:00:47, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The > > constitution says: > > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and > >results

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 01 apr 21, 17:00:47, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The > constitution says: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and >results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote >the

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 8:01 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The Maybe a solution would be to offer two alternatives of each option on the ballot—one as currently stated, and one that includes a secret vote instruction to the secretary. It

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Taowa
Stefano Zacchiroli, 2021-04-01 10:41 -0400: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > > secret, voters can feel free to

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
1 avril 2021 17:01 "Kurt Roeckx" a écrit: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:40:59PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: >> Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of >> the voting period for obvious

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:40:59PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > > secret,

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see > fit. This

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:17 AM Pasha wrote: > > Could you please provide any historical example of your "mob justice" ? Sadly, a discussion over proof cannot solve the issue. The request of a single eligible voter—motivated by fear or otherwise—should trigger a secret procedure. (Although

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pasha
On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 12:42 +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see > fit. This

Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Jean Duprat (Avignon)
Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see fit. This constitutional guarantee sadly does not apply to General Resolutions. The GR