Compromise between constituency/KPFA
elections models
11-22-02
[Posted on the goodlight message board by steffie]
Donna Gould's hybrid proposal (repost)
Fri Nov 22 21:33:01 2002
Here is a hybrid election proposal that keeps most of the
aspects of the Constituency Proposal’s nomination process
but changes the election process somewhat in order to meet
what seems to be the most frequent objections to the Constituency
Proposal.
As in the Constituency Proposal, there would be two classes
of members: listeners members and staff members. "Listener
members" would be any natural persons who self-identify
as listener and register with the station. "Staff members"
would be any natural persons who meet the qualifications for
either paid staff or unpaid staff and who register with the
station at which they work.
There would still be 36 local Station Board seats. Fifteen
of these would be allotted to the 13 Mission Constituencies
described in the constituency proposal. Fifteen would be at
large*, and 6 would be allocated to staff.
Nomination and Election of Listener Representatives Nominations
for listener representatives to the Local Station Board shall
occur during a nomination period which shall include a members’
convention at which members may either, in general session
or in smaller groups, discuss and pass resolutions on Pacifica
issues and encourage or endorse the nomination of members
for board seats. Any listener member may be nominated for
a board seat by the signatures of 50 listener members who
are members of the same subclass as the prospective nominee
(either one of the 13 mission constituency classes or the
at-large class).
There would be only one election. All listener members would
vote at the same time. The ballot would contain 14 boxes,
one for each mission constituency and one for the at-large
constituency. The nominees in each constituency would be listed
in the box for their constituency. Each listener member may
vote in all of the constituencies. For the mission constituencies
in which there is more than one seat, and more candidates
than there are seats, voters can indicate their 1st and 2nd
choice and the instant runoff method would be used to determine
the winners. In the at-large category, if there are more nominees
that seats, voters would rank their preferences and the single
transferable vote method of proportional representation would
be used to determine the winners. Once the votes were tallied,
the same process as used in the KPFA model would be used to
insure at least 50% people of color and at least 50% women
are seated.
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* I have eliminated geographic constituencies because I do
not believe that the political, social and cultural differences
between areas outside of New York are sufficient to warrant
separate seats for New Jersey, Long Island, Westchester, Connecticut,
etc., though I think some representation of suburban areas
on the Board is desirable. I would hope that this would be
an outcome of having candidates from different outlying areas
in the at-large category.
Nominations & Election of Staff Representatives Any staff
member may be nominated for a staff seat by the signatures
of 5 staff members who are members of the same subclass (paid
or unpaid staff) as the prospective nominee. The staff members
for each station area shall elect six representatives who
shall sit on Local Station Board, according to the following
breakdown by subclass:
Unpaid staff (4)
Paid Staff (2)
One third of the staff representatives shall be elected annually
by the staff members of each radio station area by in-person,
secret paper ballot, subject to diversity criteria. The proportional
representation "single transferable voting method"
shall be used. There shall be a three-week period for balloting
and the ballots shall be counted and the election results
certified by the Election Board not later than Dec 29th of
each year.
Quorum and other minimum requirements for registration and
voting.
A. If at the close of the voter registration period, any
subclass of listener membership has not been selected by at
least 50 members the registration period will be extended
for any such subclass until the day before the start of the
election period. If by the start of the election period, a
subclass has still not been selected by at least 50 members
the Delegate sear or seats assigned to that subclass will
remain vacant until the following years election. B. For purposes
of any election or written ballot, a quorum of the members
shall be as follows: a. For the "At large" subclass
of listener members, 10% of those entitled to vote b. For
each of the other subclasses of listener members at least
50 registered voters c. For each of the two subclasses of
Staff Members, one third of those entitled to vote C. If an
election for any subclass has not fulfilled its quorum by
the end of a two week extension, the minimum ballots cast
are still insufficient, the seat(s) for that subcategory will
remain vacant until the following election.
Current Election Models Supported By The Various
LABs:
The KPFA Model
additional documents regarding this model
How this model works
(by Carol Spooner)
The "Hybrid" Model
[WBAI]; revised as of 11/29
additional documents regarding this model
the 11/22 Draft
the 11/25 Draft (written
after the 11/22 Houston meeting)
The "Unity Caucus"
Model
The "Mission
Based" Model [WPFW]
additional documents regarding this model
Frequently Asked
Questions
Models That Were Used Earlier On In The Bylaws Revision
Process:
Click here
to read the WPFW subcommittee proposal (or
the first (A) draft).
Click here
to read the Fertig/KPFK proposal (or the
third (C) bylaws draft).
Click here
to read the KPFK subcommittee proposal.
Click here
to read the KPFT subcommittee proposal.
Click here
to read comments sent in by the public regarding the various
proposed models.
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