On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 11:36:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Here is a draft ballot for the GR under discussion.
Thanks for circulating this draft. I have some editorial suggestions. > ###################################################################### > > Votes must be received by [time to be filled in] Don't forget a period at the end of this sentence when you fill in the time. > This vote is being conducted in accordance to the Debian Constitution, s/to/with/ > Section A, Standard Resolution Procedure, to vote on an General s/an/a/ > Resolution to Amend the constitution to disambiguate section 4.1.5. s/Amend/amend/ > The Full text of the amendment can be found at: s/Full/full/ > http://www.debian.org/vote/2003/vote_0003 Is "the full text" the right term to use? The ballot options you have are comprehensive with respect to how they would alter the Constitution. > HOW TO VOTE > > Do not erase anything between the lines below and do not change the > choice names. > > In the brackets next to your preferred choice, place a 1. Place a 2 in s/preferred/most preferred/ > the brackets next to your next choice. Do not enter a number smaller s/next choice/next most preferred choice/ s/\./, and so forth until you have placed a number next to your least-preferred choice./ > than 1 or larger than 2. You may rank options equally (as long as all s/2/5/ > choices X you make fall in the range 1<= X <= 2). s/2/5/ > To vote "no, no matter what" rank "Further Discussion" as more > desirable than the unacceptable choices, or You may rank the "Further s/You/you/ > Discussion" choice, and leave choices you consider unacceptable > blank. Unranked choices are considered equally the least desired > choices, and ranked below all ranked choices. (Note: if the "Further s/equally the least desired choices/equally least desired/ > Discussion" choice is unranked, then it is equal to all other unranked > choices, if any -- no special consideration is given to the "Further > Discussion" choice by the voting software). > > Then mail the ballot to: [address to be filled in] s/:// and don't forget the period at the end of the sentence. > Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") > that your reply inserts. NOTE: The vote must be GPG signed (or PGP > signed) with your key that is in the Debian keyring. Do _NOT_ encrypt > your ballot; the voting mechanism may not be able to decrypt your > message. > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > [ ] Choice 1: Proposal A > [ ] Choice 2: Proposal B > [ ] Choice 3: Proposal C > [ ] Choice 4: No action > [ ] Choice 5: Further Discussion Why is "Further Discussion" fully capitalized but "No action" not? > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Proposal A: The actual text of the proposal A is: I don't understand what is meant by "actual text", and the format of the proposed change is not explained. I reccomend: Proposal A: Amend the Constitution as follows, by deleting the text marked with minus (-) signs at left, and inserting the text marked with plus (+) signs at left. [...] > Proposal B: The actual text of the Proposal B is: As above. [...] > Proposal C: The actual text of the Proposal C is: As above. -- G. Branden Robinson | Optimists believe we live in the Debian GNU/Linux | best of all possible worlds. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Pessimists are afraid the optimists http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | are right about that.
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