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Re: Vote results for the proposed policy guidelines



Hi,
>>"Shaleh" == Shaleh  <shaleh@livenet.net> writes:

 Shaleh> Um, out of a group of what 200 or 300 some odd developers, only *15*
 Shaleh> voted.  Is this good enough for decisions?  That is roughly 5%.

	I think so. Firstly, not everyone is actually subscribed to
 the policy list. Of the developers who are subscribed, not everyone
 is interested in all issues; there are a number of developers who
 have expressed an desire not to be pestered with policy
 matters. Also, you can lead a horse to the water, but ...

	The proposal was posted on -devel and -policy on August the
 6th. Initial discussions were also crossposted. On the 7th, I posted
 my formal proposal, again to both lists. I mentioned discussion and
 decision were to be made on the policy lists. 

	There was a revision posted to -policy in the middle of the
 discussion period,  14 Aug. Another revision was posted on Aug 18th. 

	 The first CFV was psoted here on 23 Aug. The second CFV was
  posted on 26 Aug. I fail to see what more could have been done to
  flog people into better participation.

	A franchize is only useful if you exercise it.

	Also, policy has always been decided in such a fashion. This
 is merely the first time that the people involved have actually been
 counted. 

	manoj

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