Re: [EM] Declaration ... - political-party direct-participation side issues

2011-09-10 Thread Richard Fobes
I've revised the paragraph that Fred Gohlke was offended by. Thanks Fred for giving feedback that justified improving some wording that I didn't like either. - New version - Most of us regard the adoption of our supported methods as a small step toward increasing the fairness of

Re: [EM] Declaration ... - political-party direct-participation side issues

2011-09-07 Thread Fred Gohlke
Richard, re: Nothing in this statement should be interpreted to imply that we believe that election-method reform is the only area of existing political systems that currently needs reform. In fact, most of us also support other reforms such as broader

Re: [EM] Declaration ... - political-party direct-participation side issues

2011-09-07 Thread Richard Fobes
On 9/7/2011 3:30 PM, Fred Gohlke wrote: Richard, re: Nothing in this statement should be interpreted to imply that we believe that election-method reform is the only area of existing political systems that currently needs reform. In fact, most of us also support other reforms such as broader

Re: [EM] Declaration ... - political-party direct-participation side issues

2011-09-06 Thread Richard Fobes
On 9/5/2011 1:27 PM, Fred Gohlke wrote: Good Afternoon, Richard I've just spent the last couple of hours going over the material at www.NegotiationTool.com and www.votefair.org. I enjoyed my visit. re: As for promoting direct public participation in the political process, first we have to

Re: [EM] Declaration ... - political-party direct-participation side issues

2011-09-05 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Afternoon, Richard I've just spent the last couple of hours going over the material at www.NegotiationTool.com and www.votefair.org. I enjoyed my visit. re: As for promoting direct public participation in the political process, first we have to develop election- method 'tools'