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Re: Elections and Membership in ldraw.org
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:51:04 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Orion Pobursky writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger writes:
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> > > We could try to do some sort of web-of-trust, similar to the (mostly
> > > failed) PGP idea. Members are people who other members actually
> > > know/met. But that precludes the lone cadder in the heights of the
> > > Himalayas from becoming a member - which would be sad.
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> > That could be one (not the only) verification method. Another could be
> > sending in a scan of a drivers' license/gov. ID card and utility bill, like
> > PayPal does to confirm identities.
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> > -Tim
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> Whoa boy, backup. We not voting in a world leader to determine the lives of
> millions, we're voting on LSC membership. Since most people balk at even
> giving out their real name and Email address, I think this is a
> little extreme.
Good point, Orion! Now we get to the meat.
Sending in a paper ID photocopy and utility bill gives a high degree of
certainty of a real person behind the ID but is pretty intrusive. (as well
as labor intensive at the receiving end).
Allowing anyone to fill out a form (possibly by robot) and immediately vote
is not very privacy intrusive but gives almost no certainty of one man one vote.
How secure do we want to be? What's the right balance? I honestly don't
know... What do other organizations do? Specifically organizations with
standards bodies?
I suspect that orgs that have paid memberships may not be a good model as
with payment usually comes some notion that if corps really wanted to pay
100K instead of 50K in order to have 2 votes maybe that wasn't a bad thing?
Are there orgs with free membership that have solved this problem (surely!)?
How?
We need to find the right balance that most people won't squawk about, along
with an acknowledgement of an acceptable level of privacy, and get consensus
that it's the right balance.
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| (...) Whoa boy, backup. We not voting in a world leader to determine the lives of millions, we're voting on LSC membership. Since most people balk at even giving out their real name and Email address, I think this is a little extreme. -Orion (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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