On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, vfmBOFH wrote:
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> I did not say that representatives are decison makers. As its position
> indicates, they "represent" their respective communities. Their vote (or
> decision) *must* be their communities one.
There is no need for representative democracy on the Internet, arranging
local poll in each community and then a global one where the community
reps vote takes more time and effort than a single global poll.
And what about people who don't undersand english, for example?
All that's needed is direct links to the global poll from the local
community web sites so everyone can partecipate.
And what happens if the options in the poll doesn't fit with a specific community needs?
> The "central hub" should be seen as a "parliament", where users (who have
> previously elected their representatives) are represented.
Completely disagree. And what about those Mageia users that don't have a
local community or that prefer spending their time on the global forum
rather than in local forums?
As same in the parliaments in the Real World (TM) there are mixed groups whith their own voice and vote.
Again there is zero need for a representative democracy on the Internet.
It only distorts the true wishes of the users and potentially creates
local ego-power-positions that only cause controversy and in-fights.
I think in a representative meritocracy, in fact... No place for egos and controversy are if the work is evaluated.