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From: gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets
Subject: Re: First week of voting: rec.models.misc
Message-ID: <580@sci34hub.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 90 02:10:14 GMT
References: <1990Feb8.192312.28089@uokmax.uucp> <7518@tank.uchicago.edu>
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In article <7518@tank.uchicago.edu>, jill@tank.uchicago.edu (jill holly hansen) writes:
> In article <1990Feb8.192312.28089@uokmax.uucp>
>         randy@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Longshot) writes:

> :At the end of one week of voting, the tally is 38 yes votes to 5 no votes.
> : [ ... ]
 
> Would some net guru jump in on this one!

Boooooiinnnnnggggg.......THUD!!!   (Oh, you wanted a GURU? Sorry, I slipped.)

>                                          I believe that netiquette
> is that 
 
> 1) One does not report mid term results

I don't believe there is any prohibition against intermediate results
being posted; in fact, it reminds everyone that the vote is in process,
and brings it to the attention of those who might have missed the
initial CFV.

> 2) For mid-term acknowlegments, only only acknowledges that a vote
>    was received, one doesn't at this point indicate how an individual
>    noted. That comes at the end.

What with headers being munged regularly, and considering that a lot
of people vote in the Subject: line, I (IMHO) also see nothing
whatsoever wrong with this. The info will be posted eventually,
and could only affect things by a vote of two. I scanned to see if
I'd voted, not to see if there was anyone I needed to vote against
or something.
 
> What with this proble, bouncing votes, the infamous *.aquaria vote,
> and some questionable counts, wouldn't it be nice if somone had the
> ability to donate enough disk space on her machine so that ALL votes
> went to one machine, were counted by someone independent and reported
> correctly?

Sounds like a great idea. I nominate you. Have at it....

>      Jill Hansen               | Can you imagine what this world be like
> jill@tank.uchicago.edu         | if God's operating system were Unix?

(Do you have any relatives in Huntsville, Al.?)

-- 
    Gary Heston     { uunet!sci34hub!gary  }    System Mismanager
   SCI Technology, Inc.  OEM Products Department  (i.e., computers)
      Hestons' First Law: I qualify virtually everything I say.