On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 02:44:34AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 03:49:15PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > We aren't? Then why do both Branden's and Manoj's proposals have separate > > lists of seconds? > For the same reason my resolution and John Goerzen's non-free one do. > They're separate resolutions.
Well, you'll note that the non-free resolution and these weren't at any stage suggested to be on the same ballot. If you look through the constitution, nothing anywhere gives any hint that distinct proposals may be voted on concurrently, so I hope you'll forgive me if I didn't take that interpretation. And, again, it's explicitly stated that the final form of any resolution is voted on where the options are `Yes, No, and Further Discussion' (A.3.3), it's only when deciding on that final form that alternatives are able to be considered. > > If A.3.1 doesn't apply, surely A.3.2 still does, in > > which case the only permissable options for the final ballot are "Yes, > > No and Further Discussion". > This effort to create a unified ballot for Manoj's and my proposals is > obviously formenting confusion, Nonsense. There's nothing confusing about what you're doing; the only confusing thing is trying to establish a constitutional authority for it. > * People think it's productive[2] to "amend" a General Resolution so as to > completely reverse its meaning and/or effect. Well, no. People (well, at least one of them) think the only constitutionally sound way of offering an alternative to be voted on is to amend a resolution, whether that alternative completely reverses its meaning and/or effect or not. I'm not sure why you think following the constitution rather than making up things that seem right is dishonest and disreputable. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and working code.'' -- Dave Clark
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