What would you like to see? On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:57:05AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > The '[BALLOT] Social Contract Change' message was completely confusing. I > have listened to the discussion on the list, and no one there seems to > know how to mark the ballot either, although there is plenty of opinion > about what the ballot "means". > > It is unclear what is actually being voted upon. I see that CHOICE 1 is > "associated" with item 1 on the ballot which says simply "Yes". Does a > mark here mean that I agree with CHOICE 1? Also CHOICE 2 is said to be > associated with item 2 on the ballot, which simply says "No". Does a mark > here mean that I do _not_ want CHOICE 2? > > It is my understanding, from my own reading of the Debian Constitution > that the secretary decides how the vote will be structured and will > produce a ballot. Since it isn't clear what I am being asked to vote for > or against, this latest attempt by the Secretary seems to fall short of a > ballot. > > Since I can't figure out what the vote is about, I can't produce a > completed ballot, so I have no choice but to refuse to vote. I hope there > are at least 20 other developers as confused as I am, so we have the > required number of "Developers" to block any action resulting from this > ... vague ballot. > > While there _is_ an indication that there is a second ballot, there is no > indication of what is being decided by the content of the first, so I > don't see how a second ballot can clear up my confusion. > > Waiting is, > > Dwarf > -- > _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- > > aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 > Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road > e-mail: dwarf@polaris.net Tallahassee, FL 32308 > > _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_- > > > > -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * Debian: Software in the Public Interest: * * Project Secretary Treasurer * * Webmaster Team * * BTS Team siteROCK: * * Lintian Team Linux Infrastructure Engineer *
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