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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: Give it up, folks
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Date: 13 Nov 89 22:34:16 GMT
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>	Perhaps only positive votes should be counted -- if there is
>enough interest, the create the group, else not.

The problem I have with this is how you define 'enough' -- sci.aquaria, for
instance, had a large number of yes votes. Was it 'enough'? You can really
only judge positive interest in comparison to the negative interest. 500 yes
votes is definitely 'enough' if you have 10 dissenters. Is it enough if you
have 500 or 600 dissenters?

No, I still think that a 2/3 majority is the way to go if we're going to
vote. I'd like to find some way to circumvent votes for groups where it's
clearly a formality or the creation is non-controversial, though. 95% of the
time the vote is rubberstamping what is considered a good idea, and it seems
overkill to put everything through the wringer just to try to stop the
occasional idiot.

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