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From: Trey Holt <>
Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] Question for the candidates
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:41:49 -0500
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>Now, I'll ask you a question. Can you tell me how the arbitrary regions
>play any importance in the workings of the Project, other than the obvious
>one of qualifying one to represent and vote therein?


Don,

Thanks for your comments as well and I certainly respect your opinions. As
I stated in my earlier post I do not think that the current regions are
necessarily the best way to organize the Board. What I am saying is that I
do not see the region divisions as a problem that is keeping the volunteers
from fulfilling their mission of bringing free online data to the Internet.
In my opinion the regions system has worked satisfactorily over the last 10
years and in an organization like this I am not going to support change
just for the sake of change which I think this would be.

I think that we are just going to have to respectfully disagree that there
is a real problem with the regions system. Would one voice one vote be a
better way to do things, sure it would, but your will need to demonstrate
to me better that the current region divisions is running people off. The
way I understood you, is that the Boards actions are running people off,
and that we can agree on, but the regions voting system has little to do
with the Boards actions in my opinion. I would love to see some statistics
on just how many people are eligible to vote in more than one region and of
that number how many are actually voting in more than one region. I don't
think the number is significant but if it is I would be open to modifying
my position. Again I just need something concrete that we have a real problem.

I also believe that changing the structure of the project will also run
people off. I also can agree with you that voter apathy "might" be coming
from their
perception of how pointless it is to receive an equal voice in the project
but I also think that many people do not vote because they just do not care
about the political process of this project. They just want to do their
work and I think that it should be our number one priority to provide a
stable and supportive environment for them to do that.



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