On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:39:11AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I do not consider that remark a mistake; I do not consider it
> inappropriate, and I do not believe that officers are supposed to be
> robotically bland even in their official comments. The comment was
> made about a process that is directly related to the duties of the
> office; it did not prejudice the current vote, and it reflects my
> opinion on what I consider a regression in the voting process.
[..]
> As it stands, even my opinion that the shortening of the voting
> period affected turnout could be wrong: sheesh, it is just an
> opinion. Arguably, there are other factors that could explain the
> discrepancy; though joeyh's analysis (which is the way you convince
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> people, BTW) does not contradict my feelings.
^^^^^^^^^^^
This is precisely the point. Putting your opinion in a mail you send as
secretary isn't going to convince anyone either. You've put the ways to
convince people in your mail; reasoned posts to planet or lists for
instance and you talked about GRs. If you want to change it back, start
a debate and then a GR.
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