The electorate vote for the Representatives that they believe hold their views of what is in the best interests of the community*, that is what election campaigns and voting are all about. this system is used because it is simply not practical to hold a referendum for every little thing, instead you choose a representative to "represent your views" Originally Posted by joerg_rw No, this is _not_ and never been a representative democracy... On a second thought there's basically nothing to decide at all, usually.
No, this is _not_ and never been a representative democracy... On a second thought there's basically nothing to decide at all, usually.
(on the role of CC On a second thought there's basically nothing to decide at all, usually.
again - unless these orders are illegal. Why is that not sufficient to cover BoD's asses?
GA are ordinary members of e.V., right? And do they need to disclose their full names, to join e.V.? Do they need to pay membership fee aka Mitgliedsbeitrag?
Community members are not forced to be members of e.V. They can be registered on maemo.org without joining e.V. Right?
And there are other websites, such as my-maemo.com. Further splitting is not exactly helping
Thinking about it, maybe such "chaos" where no one gets what it's all about, is what your (former, I hope) "Councilor" colleague is hoping for... (and having time for all this nonsense, waaaaay too much spare time, as it seems) can grab power/support of others.