Re: PAB 90% of participation is showing up

Ron Fitzherbert (ron@penguin.net)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 23:22:03 -0500 (EST)

My opinion can also be discounted, but I tend to agree -- the more people
who are involved the better, but to be "useful" as a participant you need
to be informed, which means reading (if not responding to) the messages
here over time.

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Kent Crispin wrote:

> 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.

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