2014-11-04 15:20 GMT+00:00 Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net>: > Matthijs Melissen wrote: >> I therefore think inviting list members to vote in order to make >> the position of the community explicit - in addition to taking >> comments on the mailing list into account, not as a replacement >> of it - is the safest way to proceed. > > On reflection, it would be more helpful, and less controversial, if you were > to describe this process as a "poll" rather than a "vote". > > A "vote" is traditionally used to move to a binding decision. A "poll" is > seeking to gauge the level of support, often as a piece of supporting > evidence for a wider case. In this case I hope you'll agree the latter is > more appropriate.
Nice suggestion. One could even call it a "straw poll" which hopefully makes it even more obvious that it isn't a binding vote? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_poll Best Dan _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
