Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread Susan Cline 
I think there is something fishy too.
 
I started counting the votes earlier today in anticipation of the final tallying later this evening.
I counted 44 votes, and it appears about 17 of them are from folks who have not
previously ever posted to any of the mailing lists.
 
Susan
Jeffrey Lichtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday looked kind of >odd, especially the one from "noname nolastname", and I'm concerned we >might be getting votes from people who joined the list just to cast a vote.>>But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?>> -jeanMy first thought was that perhaps one person was behind all those addresses. I didn't mention it yesterday because I didn't want to seem paranoid. Now that someone else has brought it up, I will say that those votes seem suspicious to me. 
[ snip ]- Jeff Lichtman

Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread Jeffrey Lichtman 

The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday looked kind of 
odd, especially the one from "noname nolastname", and I'm concerned we 
might be getting votes from people who joined the list just to cast a vote.

But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?
 -jean
My first thought was that perhaps one person was behind all those 
addresses. I didn't mention it yesterday because I didn't want to seem 
paranoid. Now that someone else has brought it up, I will say that those 
votes seem suspicious to me. The only thing I can think to do is to send 
replies to those addresses and, if the mail bounces, to throw out the votes.

Maybe we could get Jimmy Carter to oversee our voting process.
   -Jeff Lichtman
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Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread SML 
Ditto. Reply format is exactly the same in the flood and they are all
coming from free email accounts.

This is a spam flood and they should be invalidated ... or at the very
least removed from the tally pending further confirmations, i.e.,
listserv join date and/or providing an isp email address to an off-list
contact.

What a silly thing to do.

/SML


> Yup - I also got a "bad taste" this morning 
> 
> B-) 
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Jean T. Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:49 PM
> > To: Derby Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting
> > 
> > The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday 
> > looked kind of odd, especially the one from "noname 
> > nolastname", and I'm concerned we might be getting votes from 
> > people who joined the list just to cast a vote.
> > 
> > But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?
> > 
> >   -jean
> > 
> 
>

Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread Darcy Benoit 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:49:11 -0800, Jean T. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday looked kind of
odd, especially the one from "noname nolastname", and I'm concerned we
might be getting votes from people who joined the list just to cast a vote.
But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?
Is it possible to see how long these people have been a member of the list? 
If they just joined today or yesterday, then it may be safe to ignore their 
votes as people who have joined just to vote. Otherwise, they have been members 
(and a lurker like myself) for a long period of time. If so, it may be best to 
let the votes stand. I would think that the listserv would have some record of 
when people joined the list.
darcy
--
Dr. Darcy Benoit
http://cs.acadiau.ca/~dbenoit/

RE: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread Bernd Ruehlicke 
Yup - I also got a "bad taste" this morning 

B-) 

> -Original Message-
> From: Jean T. Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:49 PM
> To: Derby Discussion
> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting
> 
> The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday 
> looked kind of odd, especially the one from "noname 
> nolastname", and I'm concerned we might be getting votes from 
> people who joined the list just to cast a vote.
> 
> But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?
> 
>   -jean
>

Re: [VOTE] Run-off for Derby Logo : who is voting

2005-03-23 Thread Jean T. Anderson 
The sudden flood of votes for a specific logo yesterday looked kind of 
odd, especially the one from "noname nolastname", and I'm concerned we 
might be getting votes from people who joined the list just to cast a vote.

But maybe it's just me -- has anyone else thought anything odd?
 -jean