OK, what shall we do. I'm willing to take a quick and dirty consensus on
how we proceed.
[ ] We wait until we have a method for PAB members to resubscribe
[ ] We proceed with elections as is. We inform PAB members who are not on
the list that an election is happening, and provide them with a way of
voting without being on the list.
I'm assuming that Dan/Rick Wesson can arrange for voting for people who are
not on the list.
Please respond asap so that we can move off this dime.
Antony
At 12:17 PM 12/4/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 12:11:50PM -0500, Antony Van Couvering wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> Your point is well taken, and one we discussed earlier on the list. I
>> don't really care, but I don't want to hear later that the Excom was voted
>> in without a mandate. You see the problem.
>>
>> I would be interested in hearing more from other PAB members. Anything to
>> get this election going ASAP.
>>
>> Antony
>
>Since I am standing in this election, perhaps my opinion should be
>discounted.
>
>But I tend to agree with Steve. We have a responsibility
>to try to keep the names on the mailing list up to date -- that is a
>real issue. And we have a collective responsibility to keep this list
>focused and pertinent, so that people are not inundated with weather
>reports, flames, cute comments, and so on.
>
>OTOH we obviously cannot be responsible for the mail reading habits of
>participants. If we take as a given that this list is the forum
>through which PAB will conduct its elections and otherwise make
>decisions, then I think we can take as a given that voluntary
>non-participation is not our problem.
>
>Also, the problems with the maintenance of the mailing list are hard
>to evaluate -- it would be good if someone like Rick or Bob Shaw or
>Dave Crocker (someone who has actually dealt with it, in other words)
>to quantify the problem, if possible.
>
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