On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:14:40PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Umm.... this is very confusing. Are we expected to cast votes for
> both the amendment and the general resolution at the same time?
Yes. The ballot will look like:
[ ] Remove non-free
[ ] Keep non-free
[ ] Further discussion
You can vote:
123 "Remove non-free. Either way, make a decision: we've discussed
this long enough."
213 "Keep non-free. Either way, make a decision."
132 "Remove non-free. The keep non-free proposal hasn't been well
thought through enough to be voted for at the moment."
312 * "Keep non-free. The remove non-free proposal hasn't been well
thought through enough to be voted for at the moment."
231 * "This issue hasn't been discussed as fully as it needs to be,
but of the proposals on the table, Removing non-free makes
more sense."
321 * "This issue hasn't been discussed as fully as it needs to be,
but of the proposals on the table, Keeping non-free makes
more sense."
1-- "Remove non-free, no opinion on keeping non-free versus
more discussion"
-1- "Keep non-free, no opinion on dropping non-free versus more
discussion"
--1 * "More discussion."
The possible votes marked with a * indicate the votes which would be
counted against the supermajority required for changing the social
contract to pass the "drop non-free" resolution.
> Whether or not the Amendment carries is going to make an extreme and
> material different as to how I would vote on the General Resolution,
> since the Amendmend effectively changes the sense of the Resolution by
> 180 degrees.
You don't vote on "shall the resolution be carried in whichever form it's
put", you vote on "which form of the resolution shall be put and carried".
> If we are forced to cast both votes at the same time, someone who
> wants to keep non-free and who votes aye to both the Amendment and the
> Resolution may find themselves inadvertently voting to ditch non-free.
And you at no point vote "aye". It's pure preferential.
HTH.
Cheers,
aj
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