so this leaves this proposed council with a
responsibility to mediate
policy disputes and the authority to decide a deadlock in
favor of a
strong majority based on strength of arguement and core values
(openness transparency etc) - this would basically end
up being a
fairly weak system especially if the council members had their own veto
in council decisions and the community kept a power of referendum to
undo any council mistakes. The only danger i see is some people will no
longer be assured of the ability to derail consensus in favor of status
quo. Whether or not we want to give them authority to close debate is
well debatable but even with that we wouldnt be creating another jimbo
but rather an extension of the existing community
governance. As for secret ballots we already elect a
much more
powerful and perhaps more dangerous body by secret election and those
are the
community reps to the board so i think it is a viable and
proven system.
Agreed, (not about anonymous voting, but that how we do things, for now)
Fred