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Re: Democracy (was Re: There is no leadership vaccumm.)

phil@hands.com (Philip Hands)  wrote on 09.12.97 in <3508.881626854@hands.com>:

> If we have binding votes, and we vote on the way that ``those who make it
> happen'' are expected to do things, then eventually someone will be told to
> do something they just don't want to do.
>
> When that happens, they will either ignore the vote, or leave.
>
> [this is giving me deja vu already ;-) ]

Definite deja vu. One of the prime voting rules in the German MausNet  
(maus.de) has always been "there can be no votes binding the (volunteer)  
programmers". (And it was actually proposed by a non-programmer.)

That sure came in handy sometimes, if I may say so as one of those  
programmers :-)

> If someone in authority ever actually does something that manages to upset a
> 2/3 majority of the developers, we won't be needing a voting mechanism,
> we'll be needing a UN peace keeping mission ;-)  [Just look at what happens
> when about 5 people get upset]

Yes, well, it'd sure be nice to _know_ if it's 5 people, or 2/3 :-)


MfG Kai


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