[Theforum] Re: [thesite] Priv Levels, Voting App. and UEUE

Michele Foster michele at wordpro.on.ca
Thu Nov 1 18:46:27 CST 2001


cc'd to thesite and theforum ... *damn I dunno what belongs where these days
either*  (Sorry if this is confusing to some of theforum members, but my
original question was wrt priv levels and how they impact upon the voting
application and the ueue scheme being worked on.)



Hey Isaac,

----- Original Message -----
From: "isaac" <isaac at members.evolt.org>


| Votes could range from something completely casual (requiring no
membership
| or priv level), to something requiring priv 3. i.e., voting won't only be
on
| admin-related issues. They may effect admins only, or the wider
membership.
| And WEO is the site for the wider membership, right?
|
| > Admin only
| > BOD only
| > Admin and BOD only
| > theProcess list members only
| > theForum list members only
| > theSite list members only (ok, not come up yet ;)
| > Voting Members (which may or may not = theForum members)
| > General Membership (currently defined at Priv = 1 in weo)
| > Members (currently, sort of, maybe defined at Priv = 2 in weo, i.e.
those
| > with Member Pages)
|
| theforum members won't vote. Voting members will vote. Any member of
| theforum wishing to vote will register their interest and be voted in or
| not.


Based on Jeff's response, it's not really an issue.  But why do you think
theforum would not vote? I mean, similar to how theProcess had votes on
certain issues that affect their working group.  You don't think that having
a voting mechanism in place to facilitate keeping track of conversations and
people's concensus on a particular item, will be a part of theForum?  Jeff's
idea of including the flexibility to list certain members as being allowed
to vote on a particular vote, will take care of this.  Just another level of
determining who should be voting on what.



|
| As MEO people run through the same check as future voting members (i.e.,
| regarding level of contribution), it makes sense (to me), to run future
MEO
| people through the same procedure. i.e., you apply for MEO, and you get
| voting rights. Or you apply for voting rights, and you get the option of
an
| MEO account.
|
| So, I think we should give MEO people priv=2, and that's the voting priv.

I'm not sure I would agree with this.  I think Dan's commented already.  My
additional concern would be that there were several (couple hundred) member
accounts given out BEFORE we put the restrictions in effect.  I'd prefer for
each person to decide and apply (however that may be) that  "I want to be a
Member with voting priviledges" (note, on those votes that the voting
membership votes on).  [Sidenote, dang, this is getting confusing.]


|
| I see the current priv scheme as covering admin voting, voting members
| (includes MEO people), general membership, etc. In your scheme, it doesn't
| cover BoD votes or those specific to actual lists. Ideas on ways for
| handling that?


I don't know .. or didn't until Jeff responded.  He's said he can include
that additional flexibility to limit votes (within the voting app) to
selected members.  That should solve the problem ... exactly how Jeff
envisions this, I'm not sure .. nor am I sure I wanna know.. hehehehe ;)


Michele






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