🚀 go-pugleaf

taso@munnari.OZ.AU (Taso Hatzi) writes:
>There is an alternative to rule by represenation - rule by referendum.
>If the membership is dissatisfied with the way AUUG works, I think it's
>entirely rational to consider changes. Running AUUG by referendum using
>the existing communication networks is, prima facie, quite plausible.
>Why not toss some political theorists and engineers together and see
>what they come up with?

This raises an interesting issues of authentication and another of
potentially dis-enfranchising those without network connections.  This
would also excaberate the problem of discussion, with potentially hundreds
or thousands (shudder) of people wanting to express an opinion on a
subject.  Nice idea in theory, could be the prototype of a whole new
system of government.  I would be very interested to see what the
political theorists and engineers come up with.

Sm
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