On 9/21/06, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:17:18 +0100, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 3. The person who calls for a vote states what they believe the > wordings of the resolution and any relevant amendments are, and > consequently what form the ballot should take. However, the > final decision on the form of ballot(s) is the Secretary's - see > 7.1(1), 7.1(3) and A.3(4).The web page is not the ballot.
But a web page may present the ballot. Personally, I do not think it's an abuse of power for the Secretary to arrange so that the web pages represent a best effort at what the proposals seem to be. Well, not in the general case. If quorum seconders have explicitly quoted the same identical text and that text differs from what the web page says, and there has been more than sufficient time since the seconds to update the web page, that could be abuse of power -- but that's not very much like a "best effort". On the other hand, in the general case, refusing to exercise your responsibilities can be just as much an abuse of power as exercising them inappropriately. Sadly, this might leave you with an undue burden (and no good choices) -- particularly when the people presenting the material will not present their concepts clearly -- but I'm dubious that there's anything a person in a position of responsibility can do to deflect all criticism. Not even all unwarranted criticism. That said, if people are flooding you with nonsense, almost any response you can come up with has some validity. And, that includes deliberately operating at some minimum standard. At least, sometimes. This probably isn't very helpful... but I wanted to disagree with you about the web-page issue, and I felt that some of these other concepts were also relevant. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
