I did not find anything about how the votes are counted tough.
1 vote per boat owner for important votes (less important votes often allow more voters), all votes counted the same. Mine counts double when the votes hangs, as is typical for a chairman, but I much rather redefine the issue then and have another vote that is more able to get a convincing majority support. You know, just like Scandinavian countries run votes, the fair, balanced and open way; always seeking concensus over splitting the voters into winners and losers.
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.
Finally somebody who sees what we do in the right light. Can we have more of these ?
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..
You can say that again ! It is sh!t loads easier that way.
But for some reason a few individuals call that fair, free and democratic while calling an open structure "North Korea" in the small.
Rest assured that we will stay an open class, it is what I envisioned when starting out on this road in 2001 with the co-founders Kirt Simmons, Phill Brander and a little of John Pierce. It is the way we have done things ever since and we are not going to bail out on it in 2005 or in the years after that.
But can I please request that everybody sticks to the framework ! Otherwise we will go the way of the Hobie 17's.
Wouter
