Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009, Chris Waters wrote: > Part of the problem is that we never have "no, just no" on our > ballots, so the only alternative is to vote "further discussion", > even if you have no interest whatsoever in any further discussion, > and, as far as you're concerned, the matter is settled

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009, Chris Waters wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:17:28AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > (Don has, after subsequent argument, modified this to “… that > > you don't plan on ranking above Further Discussion”.) > > Bad, bad idea! What if you are planning to rank "Further Discussio

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 12:50:21PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Adeodato Simó [090101 23:36]: > > No. In my opinion, an option in the ballot is (should be) a very scarce > > resource. Like you would in a situation of limited water supply in a > > boat shared with friends, you should act res

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:17:28AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > (Don has, after subsequent argument, modified this to “… that > you don't plan on ranking above Further Discussion”.) Bad, bad idea! What if you are planning to rank "Further Discussion" as 1, but staill have a compromise you'd be wil

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2009-01-03 Thread Steve Langasek
[I see that we're now repeating discussions already had up-list, so this will probably be my last post to this subthread.] On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 10:08:47AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Nor is it anything short of absurd for the Secretary to declare that a > > resolution amends a Foundat

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2009-01-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 16:59 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > When you say he was asserting a power that was not his, what exactly are > > you saying? I'm having trouble understanding. It is unquestionably the > > Secretary's job to prepare the ballot and announce the results; this > > requires th

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-03 Thread Ron
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2009, MJ Ray wrote: > > Don Armstrong wrote: > > If an option can't get seconds enough to pass K (or Q), it doesn't > > have support in the DD population or the proposers are lazy, and don't > > want to find enough support. In either case, people's time shouldn't > > be wasted wit