Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: VOTE: voting continues on comp.unix.wizards Message-ID: <18609@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 19 Oct 90 12:37:36 GMT References: <18603@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 28 X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. In article lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot Lear) writes: >Just so that there is no misunderstanding, on the whole Mr. Haugh's >vote does NOT follow the guidelines for newsgroup creation. You and the rest of the people who claim I am violating the guidelines have repeatedly been asked to mail me your favorite version of the guidelines so that I can point out, item by item, how I have adhered to the absolute letter of the guidelines. As I have repeatedly pointed out, the guidelines =require= very few specific actions, although they =suggest= quite a few. It is not a violation of any guideline not to follow a suggestion, and your statements that I am violating any unstated requirement are pure electioneering on your part. So please mail me (just Eliot, I don't need 100 copies) what =you= think the guidelines are, and I'll point out how I have followed each and every requirement completely. Claiming that the guidelines are all "suggestions" and not "lawis" is not a valid complaint. You never have to follow "suggestions", that's what the difference between a "suggestion" and a "law" is. However, since this red-herring continues to be used as a reason to oppose a legitimate vote, I have sent the "formal" "CALL FOR VOTES" to Eliot for posting. At that point in time I suspect he will post a note saying the vote now follows all of these unstated requirements. -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org "SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!" -- Ken Thompson