Xref: utzoo comp.unix.internals:757 comp.unix.questions:26374 comp.unix.programmer:305 comp.unix.admin:348 comp.unix.large:134 comp.unix.shell:651 comp.unix.sysv286:43 comp.unix.sysv386:1428 comp.unix.msdos:131 news.groups:24600 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!decwrl!apple!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!gargoyle!chinet!laird From: laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.large,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.sysv286,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.msdos,news.groups Subject: Re: VOTE: voting continues on comp.unix.wizards Message-ID: <1990Oct21.090427.17216@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 21 Oct 90 09:04:27 GMT References: <18603@rpp386.cactus.org> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 28 >Just so that there is no misunderstanding, on the whole Mr. Haugh's >vote does NOT follow the guidelines for newsgroup creation. Just so there is an understanding, I asked Eliot in mail a while ago if I should draft a Call For Votes, to which the response was to await this vote. I have mentioned this twice in news.groups and it has not been contradicted. Thus, the moderator seems to abide the vote itself while being highly critical of its promulgation. I agree on the second point, and will go along with the first assuming that the vote can have a meaningful result. "on the whole" above could mean that absent a proper Call we can have a vote but not exactly know what the results should mean, since there is no proposed charter. However, in this case there was a perfectly good charter already which can fill the gap handily. The Guidelines _have_ been followed to a tee, but the "T" came at the start of the voting rather than near the end when it is more customary to bend a rule or two. The Guidelines' spirit was being ignored rather more baldly when just before this Vote was called for "my version of the Guidelines is better than your version" and "I called for this discussion and I am not going to let anyone call for its vote" started being bandied about. So, as they say here in Chicago, Vote Early, Vote Often! -- My .signature is on vacation ------------- like me!