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From: sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog)
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Subject: Re: Proposed OFFICIAL Newsgroup Creation/Deletion Guidelines
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Date: 28 Mar 89 21:35:04 GMT
Organization: ENEA DATA AB, Sweden
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Chuq Von Rospach (chuq@Apple.COM) writes:
>100 votes is traditional on USENET as a minimal acceptance level. 67% is
>fairly standard in American Government. Seem like reasonable numbers to me.
>(50%+1 is simply too easy, especially with lots of voting going on. I prefer
>a bias towards the standard quo. Imagine how things would change in Congress
>if everything requires 67%?)

So what has the American Government to do with Usenet? OK, 2/3 
majority is fairly common elsewhere to, when a qualified majority
is required.

As for the issue at hand, I see no reason to change the existing
rules.
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Erland Sommarskog - ENEA Data, Stockholm - sommar@enea.se
I used to say "It could have been worse, it could have been Pepsi",
then I drank a Diet Coke...