Re: [ga-full] Re: [ga] Message from the Chair - List Rules

[Bob Davis <bob.davis@netzero.net>]

Jeff and all DNSO'ers,

  Jeff, it is just Harald spinning.

Jeff Williams wrote:

> Harald and all,
>
>   So you are saying now that you have split the lists, GA and Ga-full, that
> this is a qualifying criterion for whom can and whom cannot vote?  If so,
> than the fears that many of us had expressed before the fact were well
> founded.  If not, than just what are you saying Harald?  Or is this
> just more Spin?
>
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>
> > At 08:43 10.02.00 -0500, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> >
> > >Now that the people who object to the unilateral imposition of the filter
> > >rules have left en mass, I wonder if there is any reasonable doubt as to
> > >how this second poll will come out? (I gather the first straw poll, taken
> > >before the rules were imposed in the absence of consensus, was
> > >inconclusive? )
> > >
> > >Is there any plan to attempt to get a more representative electorate?
> >
> > The two things we have to decide before the vote (which should IMHO be a
> > vote, not a poll) are:
> >
> > - Who are the electorate?
> > - How can they vote?
> >
> > I can see no line of argument that would include "ga" list members but
> > exclude "ga-full" list members.
> >
> > >PS. This message came to me from "ga-full" resulting in the duplicated
> > >topic header seen above.  This seems to have a number of unfortunate (and
> > >I suspect unanticipated) results:
> > >
> > >*it segregates comments by which list people read;
> > >
> > >*it makes each post a sort of political statement, and
> > >
> > >* (worst of all?) it makes reading a single thread in the correct order
> > >very difficult if it is composed of comments from readers of the two lists
> > >if your mail reader threads by subject as mine does.  Is there anything
> > >that can be done about this?  Perhaps the two lists could use the same
> > >[name] in the subject line, but have different footers appended to
> > >messages when forwarded ("This message came to you from the 'whatever'
> > >list.  To unsubscribe send a message to 'address'.)
> >
> > This is a good idea.
> >
> >                    Harald
> >
> > --
> > Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> > Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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Bob Davis
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