Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Tuesday 17 March 2009 21:29:42 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ > શાહ/दिनेश शाह) wrote: > >>> what was the total number of votes polled? I am sure it will be a >>> ridiculously low number. >>> >> How does it mater? We can only go by the number of people who ACTUALLY >> BOTHERED TO VOTE. >> > > we once had a poll on the chennai list on the issue of where reply-to should > point. The list admin declared that he would accept the result as long as 5% > of the list members voted - that came to 75 members. A poll app was set up, > and after much publicity and cajoling, we got 68 votes, which was accepted by > the admin. The voting was by secret ballot and only members of the list were > allowed to vote - one vote per person and no option to change the vote. The > result was 60 for and 8 against. This kind of thing makes sense when there is > a serious issue involved. > You could avoid such controversies by using better language and setting examples for others. Why is it so difficult to be polite?
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