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Popular Ratification: Has Its Time Come?
Mar. 15th, 2024 10:40 amSome of you will remember that I was the author of a proposal first considered by the 2014 WSFS Business Meeting (starting on page 4) called "Popular Ratification," which would have replaced the current ratification system for WSFS Constitutional amendments with a vote of the entire membership. While I'm aware that there are likely to be much more radical proposals submitted to this year's Business Meeting (including probably "burn it all to the ground"), I'm wondering if a modified version of Popular Ratification might have a chance of passing this year.
( Let My People Vote )
I would like to let all of our members have a chance to have a voice, in the form of voting, on changes to the WSFS Constitution. I am, however, deeply skeptical of proposals to allow remote participation at the Business Meeting, or to require that it be held entirely online at some time not during Worldcon, or that it should be held multiple times per year. If we really need that many Town Meetings, then we should instead elect a smaller council and delegate all of the rule-making responsibility to it.
If there are others who think this is a good idea and would like me to develop a formal proposal to which they would be willing to join as co-sponsors (assuming you are WSFS members, attending or not, of the 2024 Worldcon), let me know. I don't like investing effort into things like this unless there is at least a reasonable chance of it getting a hearing.
( Let My People Vote )
I would like to let all of our members have a chance to have a voice, in the form of voting, on changes to the WSFS Constitution. I am, however, deeply skeptical of proposals to allow remote participation at the Business Meeting, or to require that it be held entirely online at some time not during Worldcon, or that it should be held multiple times per year. If we really need that many Town Meetings, then we should instead elect a smaller council and delegate all of the rule-making responsibility to it.
If there are others who think this is a good idea and would like me to develop a formal proposal to which they would be willing to join as co-sponsors (assuming you are WSFS members, attending or not, of the 2024 Worldcon), let me know. I don't like investing effort into things like this unless there is at least a reasonable chance of it getting a hearing.
