On Mon, September 2, 2013 9:59 am, Daniel Jitnah wrote:
However, if you felt comfortable giving your proxy only to somebody who you were sure shared your opinion,
Lev's a pretty trustworthy and ethical person so i trust him to handle my proxy vote correctly whether his personal opinion agreed with mine or not - my concern was whether it was fair or reasonable to put the burden of a large number of proxy votes all on one person.
This question of burden on a single person was something that the Committee has considered specifically here. And agreed that the best way was to have Lev as the "proxy spamming target"! It really shows a weakness in the proxy arrangement.
Apropos, a member is entitled to submit a proxy to any other member. The suggestion of nominating the chairperson was, barring disaster, one can be reasonably confident that the chairperson will turn up to the meeting! -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt