Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread Richard Fobes
Here is an attempt to answer Jon's question: "Us activists may want to fly your flag, but what is on the flag?" As Jameson points out, the Declaration Of Election-Method Reform Advocates is the document that best describes our "flag" as a group. In addition to requesting the ban on single-mar

Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread Jameson Quinn
2012/10/31 aGREATER.US > Hello Jameson, > > Thank you for your thoughtful response. I REALLY like "first step" > actions. May I post this on aGREATER.US as its own unique policy? > Absolutely. > > Cheers > Jon > > > you wrote... > << > For me, the universal rule I would start from is: the righ

Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread Andy Jennings
> > My analysis has led me to believe the hole in this strategy is there is no > position taken on primaries. Going back to the premise that the duopoly > must be broken, it appears to me the whole "ball game" is how to structure > primaries. Conservatives will want it left up the the States, liber

Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread aGREATER.US
Hello Jameson, Thank you for your thoughtful response. I REALLY like "first step" actions. May I post this on aGREATER.US as its own unique policy? Cheers Jon you wrote... << For me, the universal rule I would start from is: the right to vote and to have that vote counted if possible. This

Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread Jameson Quinn
2012/10/31 Jonathan Denn > Hello All, > > I have a board meeting tonight of a left/right/center group who among > others has in it the Conservative Party, Justice Party (Rocky Anderson), > IndeCan.org (largest collection of Independent candidates in the US), TJ > Ohara (Modern Whig POTUS Candidat

Re: [EM] Board Meeting Deadline

2012-10-31 Thread Jonathan Denn
Hello All, I have a board meeting tonight of a left/right/center group who among others has in it the Conservative Party, Justice Party (Rocky Anderson), IndeCan.org (largest collection of Independent candidates in the US), TJ Ohara (Modern Whig POTUS Candidate who was #5 on American's Elect),

Re: [EM] Article: Answers to some traditional Condorcet arguments

2012-10-31 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On 10/30/12 4:45 PM, Richard Fobes wrote: As long as Michael has mistakenly posted this DM article on the forum, I'll use this opportunity to say to Adrian that I have stopped reading Michael's articles at Democracy Chronicles for the reasons below. (And often I delete his posts here without r

Re: [EM] Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread augustin
On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 04:00:23 AM robert bristow-johnson wrote: > i live in Vermont but am presently "stuck" in San Francisco because i > went to the Audio Engineering Society convention and cannot fly home for > more than 48 hours. > > i can think of worse places to be stuck at. gonna