On Thursday 19 March 2009 01:09:06 Rony wrote: > > 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?
you sound like my mother ;-) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
