Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 05:09:36PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Mmm, i didn't see any December 29 proposal. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 05:09:36PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Mmm, i didn't see any December 29 proposal. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html -- Raul

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:40:06AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 05:09:36PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Mmm, i didn't see any December 29 proposal. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html Ah, ok, sure. I thought that proposals should be

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:54:51PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:11:50PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread John Goerzen
[ General note: This message contains some history that may be of interest regarding the previous attempts to get a vote on the topic. ] On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:32:49AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 12:07:14AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:55:49AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: 4. Oppose GR proposals that cannot be actually voted on in any sane fashion due to being incompatible with procedures in the Constitution. (arg, it is difficult to resist being rude, arg, have to control myself ...)

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar, [...] Furthermore, i believe that the real issue is the non-free issue, and that the social contract GR is only a way to achieve a

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 07:50:42PM +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:54:16AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why are you opposing this. Just for the chance to discuss this to death another year or so ?

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:41:27PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Uhm, if it was not a GR proposal, then why did your message[13] say non-free removal GR draft? Please check the meaning of the word draft in the dictionary. Sure, i don't have the chance to be a native english speaker, but

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 08:16:52PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:41:27PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Uhm, if it was not a GR proposal, then why did your message[13] say non-free removal GR draft? Please check the meaning of the word draft in the dictionary. Sure,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:11:50PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar, [...] Furthermore, i believe that the real issue is the non-free

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:04:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Yep. But then you all said this was stupid or something, that we were loosing time, and ... So, i actually changed minds, and was going to try doing a real proposal or something, but as i perfectly know that my writing is not of the

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:11:50PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:19:12AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 12:07:14AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: John, you are a fraud, you don't really want to resolve this issue, only If that were the case, why did I: 1. Get this issue to a vote back in 2000[1] (though that

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: John, you are a fraud, you don't really want to resolve this issue, only If that were the case, why did I: 1. Get this issue to a vote back in 2000[1] (though that vote was later nullified); 2. Second the proposals before us now,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:41:27PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Uhm, if it was not a GR proposal, then why did your message[13] say non-free removal GR draft? Please check the meaning of the word draft in the dictionary. Sure, i don't have the chance to be a native english speaker, but

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 07:50:42PM +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:54:16AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why are you opposing this. Just for the chance to discuss this to death another year or so ?

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 08:16:52PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:41:27PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Uhm, if it was not a GR proposal, then why did your message[13] say non-free removal GR draft? Please check the meaning of the word draft in the dictionary. Sure,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:11:50PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar, [...] Furthermore, i believe that the real issue is the non-free

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:04:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Yep. But then you all said this was stupid or something, that we were loosing time, and ... So, i actually changed minds, and was going to try doing a real proposal or something, but as i perfectly know that my writing is not of the

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar, [...] Furthermore, i believe that the real issue is the non-free issue, and that the social contract GR is only a way to achieve a

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:11:50PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Since the non-free GR and the social contract modification GR encountered nothing but flamewar,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread John Goerzen
[ General note: This message contains some history that may be of interest regarding the previous attempts to get a vote on the topic. ] On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 07:32:49AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 12:07:14AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:55:49AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: 4. Oppose GR proposals that cannot be actually voted on in any sane fashion due to being incompatible with procedures in the Constitution. (arg, it is difficult to resist being rude, arg, have to control myself ...)

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted to vote Why would we want something non-binding? I cannot

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:26:44PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why would we want something non-binding? I cannot think of a single situation in which that will actually resolve anything. Why not ? Once we have the result of this, first it will put a stop to the whole speculation on what

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:07:13PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:54:32AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Ah, sure, but see what happened last time this came up. And it would be hypocrit. The real issue is what do we want to do about non-free, not that we want to ammend the

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:17:39AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Well, why not have a non-free GR, and add a social contract hostile amendment, so that people can vote on both at once, and rank their preferences appropriately? Why

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: The only way clearly say what will happen is to make it part of the ballot. Your poll will *not* say what will happen, and nobody else here can say what will happen either, because we do not know how a vote will turn out. Why

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:54:32AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:26:44PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why would we want something non-binding? I cannot think of a single situation in which that will actually resolve anything. Why not ? Once we have the

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:07:13PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:54:32AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Ah, sure, but see what happened last time this came up. And it would be hypocrit. The real issue is

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:34:45AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Well, why not have a non-free GR, and add a social contract hostile amendment, so that people can vote

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:54:16AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: The only way clearly say what will happen is to make it part of the ballot. Your poll will *not* say what will happen, and nobody else here can say what will happen

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains 5 different, mutually exclusive, options. Consider the below. How

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:19:12AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:17:39AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted to

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:19:12AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: John, you are a fraud, you don't really want to resolve this issue, only If that were the case, why did I: 1. Get this issue to a vote back in 2000[1] (though that vote was later nullified); 2. Second the proposals before us now,

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 12:07:14AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 06:44:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: John, you are a fraud, you don't really want to resolve this issue, only If that were the case, why did I: 1. Get this issue to a vote back in 2000[1] (though that

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:07:13PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:54:32AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Ah, sure, but see what happened last time this came up. And it would be hypocrit. The real issue is what do we want to do about non-free, not that we want to ammend the

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:26:44PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why would we want something non-binding? I cannot think of a single situation in which that will actually resolve anything. Why not ? Once we have the result of this, first it will put a stop to the whole speculation on what

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Well, why not have a non-free GR, and add a social contract hostile amendment, so that people can vote on both at once, and rank their preferences appropriately? Why

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:17:39AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:34:45AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Well, why not have a non-free GR, and add a social contract hostile amendment, so that people can vote

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:54:16AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: The only way clearly say what will happen is to make it part of the ballot. Your poll will *not* say what will happen, and nobody else here can say what will happen

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:19:12AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:54:16AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Why are you opposing this. Just for the chance to discuss this to death another year or so ? No; for precisely the opposite reason. I want a vote now, and no poll to

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:45:54PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: The only way clearly say what will happen is to make it part of the ballot. Your poll will *not* say what will happen, and nobody else here can say what will happen either, because we do not know how a vote will turn out. Why

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:19:37AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:07:13PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:54:32AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: Ah, sure, but see what happened last time this came up. And it would be hypocrit. The real issue is

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted to vote Why would we want something non-binding? I cannot

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:17:39AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Ok, will you help me draft something, i am not really a good administrative writer, but was thinking about something like : begin of draft Poll to be submitted to

Re: Draft for a non-fee poll (Was: Re: Let's vote already...)

2004-01-09 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: So, let's start from my poll draft, and let's vote on it. What do you thinkg ? Something like : I think that it's impossible to vote yes or no to a GR that contains 5 different, mutually exclusive, options. Consider the below. How