Agree with you, Nick. Agree with Rudi that if too much time has been spent, it's time for action. Don't agree with Jeannette. If we are to wait for everyone to state their opinion, then we are facing a situation like the elections in Greece - where by law everyone HAS to cast their vote. Yes, but we are not a state, there are no laws and punishments for not following them. If someone wants to say something, please, do so, but don't stop the train from moving just because you think there should be a stop here. Or because you've missed your station, and you pull the emergency break. As for poisoning the atmosphere - if one is afraid of bears, they don't go to the forest, as we say in Bulgaria. If someone is trying to poison the atmosphere, ignore the attempts. veni At 21:28 5/3/2007 +0100, you wrote:
Jeannette:
It shouldn't be too difficult, if anyone is unable to attend, for them to state their preference on the few topics at hand. For example, nothing is preventing anyone from saying what number of directors they believe to be optimal.
Rudi Vansnick wrote:
As far as I can read in the agenda proposed by Nick, there is no voting tomorrow. There for I see no reason for further delay. We have already been discussing items and topics which were very clear and had enough timespan being read by everyone considering the EURALO kick-off in priority of some other work.
I had also to organise myself in order to participate in what I consider being an important item in the agenda of *my daily work for the Internet community, listening to all and any Internet individual user.*
rudi
Jeanette Hofmann schreef:
Hi, if it is indeed true that many ALs cannot participate tomorrow, it would be good to restrain from taking binding decisions.
As the decisions taken in Lisbon have shown, it can somewhat poison the atmosphere if those physically present make decisions that don't reflect the preferences of those absent. For this very reason, IETF working groups don't vote in physical meetings or teleconferences, they use mailing lists for polls and the like to ensure that all interested parties have a chance to participate.