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Steve Nelson Rob C wrote: > BTW what is the address of the FBCommunity list? > > Hey, it's just my opinion. Don't flame me for it. If that's the way it > works...that's the way it works. > > For John, if your entire family are Fuseboxites than by all means have > the vote. :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Ridout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:33 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: fusebox council > > I hate to tell you naysayers out there but this is just the way it > works... > > I work for a non-profit association (a specialty society for Emergency > Physicians), in order to vote for a member of our Board of Directors or > committees, etc., an emergency physician must be a member of the > organization. Those that are not members, may not vote--they have no say > in what we do or how we do it.. > > Furthermore, there are documents that we produce, mostly in the form of > policy statements, but there are others, that are widely accepted and > applied by hospitals, governments, lawyers and other medical specialties > as being the standard for the practice of emergency medicine. > > This is very analogous to what's going on here. To have a say, you join. > The biggest difference is that with the Fusebox organization, you can > decide how much you want to pay in order to join (doctors are required > to pay over $500 to join us). > > Thanks for letting me squeeze that in... now we can take this to the FB > Community list. > > Jeremy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: fusebox council > > God bless Democracy. > > I believe anyone should be able to vote. Period. But you are creating a > cast like system of sorts by only allowing paying members to vote. > Perhaps a level of voting value should be placed higher on "official" > members. 1 point for non-members 2 for members. But I don't know if that > is even a better solution. > > And yes, let's please take this discussion elsewhere if possible. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: fusebox council > > I feel the same as Alan in that I've peeved too many people off as well. > I can't vote either because I'm too poor and trying to make it one day > at a time. But no matter who is elected each of us do make some change > in one way or another to the standard somehow. Our environment will > never be the same no matter what anyone may say in a general standard. > For example, I use "request.maindsn" verses "request.dsn" for my main > DSN pointer. Why you ask? Because there are times where I may have > more than one datasource I may need to use and this helps me keep them > separate. Is this still fusebox? Yes. Does the Fusebox council care? > No. > > The only thing the council has done that I have remote problems with is > those silly e-mails about what is or isn't allowed on the list that I've > gotten twice. Trust me I don't lose a lot of sleep of it because it > isn't worth it. So I'm asking you as a fellow developer rludyk let it > go. Fighting over this will not solve anything. All you are going to do > is peeve too many people off and for what. There isn't anything here to > be gained. Just let it go man; I'm begging you. Let it go. > > Lee Foster > (e)consultant, Web developer, Web Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615-834-1876 http://www.l3enterprises.com Nashville, TN -----Original > Message----- > From: Alan McCollough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: fusebox council > > Don't feel too bad about it, I can't even vote, and I've paid in! I > think I've peeved too many people. > > Really though, I think the FB Illuminiati consists of ordinary folks who > do this FB stuff as an aside to their daily foraging for sticks and > berries and wild roots for subsistance. There is no guarantee that every > move they make will be perfection. Hey, I'm just glad that > somebod(y|ies) has bothered to carry the FB effort this far at all! > > But hey, if one of the Illuminati wants to go through their PayPal > receipts, they will see I've ponied up some cake, and I wanna vote! > > Alan McCollough (in case the auto-sig doesn't work) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > voting in "this" fusebox council is illegitimate ! most of the > > individuals in the elections are nominated by themselves. if you > > bought the right to vote, you are presented with a list of nominees > > that give you very little detail. i should not be able to nominate > > myself. if i am nominated by someone else the public has a right to > > know who made the nomination and why. my donation was based on my > > belief in the cause, and i believe that if i > > > > can't donate the time, then i will donate the cash. > > was it wasted ? and is this so called "council" brave enough to defend > > > their self serving actions > > > > > > > > Alan McCollough > Web Programmer > Alaska Native Medical Ctr. > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
