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Re: [Notice] Social Contract Change Vote



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
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