I admit that that ballot was unclear :( I did like Mr. Buck's ballot and I received another good suggestion via private email. On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:11:40AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Darren O. Benham wrote: > > > What would you like to see? > > Well, if you are trying to get a vote on whether or not to apply Anthony > Towns' ammendment, then the example ballot suggested by Buddha Buck is a > clear statement of what is being voted upon, and I could certainly submit > a ballot written like that. Personally, it isn't clear from your ballot > that this was the goal, or how I could arrive at that goal. > > What I expect to see in a ballot is a clear description of exactly what is > being decided by the vote, and how marking an item on the ballot will > declare my choice. > > What choices were you offering on the ballot you submitted? Some clever > people seem to have figured it out, but even with their suggestions it > isn't clear to me that this was your intention. > > Waiting is, > > > > > 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 * > > > > 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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