<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Most all of the arguments I've seen in this thread are like left-over food being warmed up. But still delicious!<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"> Especially the ones surrounding 'representation'. We know the facts. And we know the official ALAC posture - Evan's given the quotations from bye-law - is the best distillate, context and circumstances dictating.</div></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">All this aside, Karl's ruminations are always a good read....and enlightening. So, here's Karl</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Karl Auerbach </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:karl@cavebear.com" target="_blank">karl@cavebear.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The singularity property is so very useful for things beyond its use as a form of money.)</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Singularity, that defining attribute for 'democratic' representation. It had never left my head since 2006 and was reinforced when I read Karl's paper on multistakeholderism. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Here's another thought that was generated. In a numbers game, maybe the prospect of say, what...maybe 300M from a certain jurisdiction 'voting' tends to concentrate the mind.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">-Carlton</div><br><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>==============================<br><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Carlton A Samuels</font></i><br><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i></font><br>=============================</div></div></div></div>
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