Re: BLOWING WIND v.s. VOTING

2006-10-24 Thread Sam Ruby
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: The principal is this; there is NO discussion without a motion on the floor, period. Ever. Please give me a moment. It seems that I need to re-calibrate my irony meter. - Sam Ruby - To unsubs

Re: BLOWING WIND v.s. VOTING

2006-10-23 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Martin Cooper wrote: > > If you're saying that we can't have a discussion without that also > implicitly being a vote, how is this supposed to work? I hope I'm just > missing something obvious, or misunderstanding you completely. I'm saying, if you stop and phrase your thread as a vote, you will

Re: BLOWING WIND v.s. VOTING

2006-10-23 Thread Martin Cooper
On 10/23/06, William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Martin Cooper wrote: > Right, but this is a proposal, not a vote. Break, folks. There is a REALLY basic principal from parliamentary procedure that exists for a very good reason, to avoid long pointless debate without decisions...

BLOWING WIND v.s. VOTING

2006-10-23 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Martin Cooper wrote: > Right, but this is a proposal, not a vote. Break, folks. There is a REALLY basic principal from parliamentary procedure that exists for a very good reason, to avoid long pointless debate without decisions... The principal is this; there is NO discussion without a motion