Just like China, Korea and other dictatorships.
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Despots and dictators have always relied upon secrecy to help maintain their grip on power.
Of course it takes co-conspirators to help create and maintain the secrecy.
You have remember that wootie is an avowed Socialist and proud of it.
We all know how Socialists run things.
First: please refer to:
Godwins law Second: Sam, the internet is so much nicer when everybody are polite, even if their opinions differ widely.
Third: We are discussing sailing and catamarans here, with focus on the F-16. If you want to discuss politics and socialism, I have some choise words for you. Ref:
Norwegian politics/economy It would be good for you to have more newssources/media-references than Fox channel and its derivatives.
Your "questions", which you have taken care to phrase insultingly, are somewhat answered in the class rules as far as I can see. I did not find anything about how the votes are counted tough. To avoid any future bad feelings, it might be a 'good thing' (in my opinion and experience from other organizations) to formalize this and separate the chairman function from vote handling and counting.
Wouter: If the F-16 class want to stay as 'open' as it have up til now, you must expect a little dust to rice from time to time. I very much prefer this way to run a class, where the officials are available and personally engaged on an internet forum. Beeing able to communicate with the top level of the class directly and in the public is something I think other classes should have implemented as well. The alternative is the closed structure from the 'pre-internet' era, where officials meet behind closed doors and the members dont hear most of the suggestions and discussions taking place. The last structure is the usual form, I think, and much easier on the officials..
Note: My experiences are not from the F-16 class and I dont own an F-16 (altough I would like to, and might very well do so in the future).
