Hi Roy!

Tuesday May 02 2006, Roy Witt wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 VD>> Are you read Policy :-) ?

 RW> Yes, I am.

This is a joke :-) .

 VD>> === Begin Windows Clipboard ===
 VD>> 8.7  Impeachment of a Zone Coordinator

 VD>> [...skip...]

 VD>> 8.7.2  Procedure as in Policy Referendum

 VD>> The provisions of sections 8.2 and 8.3 apply to impeachment
 VD>> referenda.

 RW> An impeachment referenda only.

 VD>> The definition of "majority" in section 8.6 applies.  Only
 VD>> coordinators in the affected zone vote (even if the zone coordinator
 VD>> is also the Internation- al Coordinator).
 VD>> ===  End Windows Clipboard  ===

 RW> In an impeachment referendum and that only. It says nothing about any
 RW> other kind of elections, as in a referandum to secede from a Fidonet Zone.

Policy have information about elections only 3 places:

1.2.5 - "Zone Coordinators are selected by the Regional Coordinators
in that zone."
6.2 - "The Zone Coordinator is selected by an absolute majority vote
of the Regional Coordinators within the zone."
7.2 - "The International Coordinator is selected (or removed) by an
absolute majority vote of the Zone Coordinators."

Another cases of elections is absent in Policy... So - 8.6 is one of the
points with text of elections (system of *Cs election).


Note - all of them are "selected", not "elected"! I am
not sure in different this words, and think that "elect" is
"select by votes".


NB - "government of FIDO" is close system: RCs are appointed by
ZC, and they "selected" ZC! And IC is selected from ZCs... And
NCs are appointed by RC  - so, we have "close circle".

 RW>>>>> An election as you've described above would be
administered under
 RW>>>>> a region policy. If R50? doesn't have a region
policy, there are
 RW>>>>> plenty of examples in Z1 that can be used as a
reference to make
 RW>>>>> your region policy. Z1's R12, R13 and R18 all have
a very good
 RW>>>>> example and select their RC in this way by votes
from every sysop
 RW>>>>> in the region who wishes to participate in that
election.  I have
 RW>>>>> a copy of each just for the asking.

 VD>>>> All elections in our region have make to this principle - all
 VD>>>> sysops voting. We have not "write" Regional
Policy, but we have it
 VD>>>> "in the head".

 RW>>> Better to have it in writing so that there's no mis-understandings
 RW>>> later.

 VD>> May be, but now we have not it.

 RW> I'll send you one and you can present it, edit it and mull it over so your
 RW> region has one.

Thank you for your Regional Policy. I wait your ail.

Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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