[Pnp-wg] Re: virtual convention

[Gary]

I think we're getting somewhere....

Gary
FL


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Phil Huckelberry" <phil@mcleancountygreens.org>
Date:  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:49:54 -0500 (CDT)

>Steve Kramer writes:
>> Allow me to go a step further.  The point Kirit makes is one made by Phil
>> Huckleberry in an earlier and very long post: one of the effects of having
>> the GPUS decide not to get involved in state allocations was that *many*
>> states seemed to be completely at sea with regards to how to actually do
>> it.  We left them with no direction whatsoever.
>>
>> Are we agreed that whatever we should choose as an actual method, there
>> should be at *least* a series of recommended, step-by-step rules that is
>> published by the GPUS and sent to the states?  Even if we go with "The
>> GPUS cannot dictate", can we at least send something that says, "Here are
>> the *recommended* ways to set up your allocation, election, etc.?"
>>
>> (To go even further: the recommendation should be for - and I'll emphasize
>> this - **as complete a polling as possible of all Greens statewide** and
>> **strict proportional representation based on that poll**.)
>
>I am in favor of all of this.  I believe most states will use
>GPUS-recommended methods.  I also think it would be wise if states could
>be provided with software (which might just mean Excel scripts) to do
>things like count IRV ballots.  It is _not_ particularly easy to bind
>delegates through multiple _options_, though, and I think we should be
>careful not to overdo it.  Another thing that would be helpful is to give
>states ideas for how delegates might be selected - say, through caucuses
>at state conventions.  We used straight approval voting in Illinois, which
>at least was easy to tabulate and easy for people to understand, but it
>was quite arbitrary in terms of who was chosen (although I feel like our
>second round results were a pretty fair reflection of where our state
>party members were at.)
>
>I would add that some people feel GPUS would be overstepping its bounds by
>even _recommending_ such methods.  I have never understood that argument,
>but, it's out there, and seems to be fairly widely held.
>
>Phil Huckelberry
>Illinois Green Party
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