On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 14:05, Grant Robinson wrote:
> Since when are policy decisions regarding the UUG, and the mailing list 
> made on IRC?  My previous point, and no one has answered it yet, is why 
> a change like this was made _without consulting the group as a whole_.  
> A chat on IRC between a few UUG members does not constitute a majority, 
> and if a change like this is to be made, it should be made by majority 
> vote, on the mailing list or as a poll on the website.  Please change 
> it back until such a thing has taken place.  Or explain why and when we 
> changed the modus operandi of the UUG.

IRC was purely a "discussion". No decisions were made or policy
discussed. Hans made the change by personal fiat because he's the list
admin and can. He's normally the best type of person, but this time he
made a mistake. (So everyone dog pile on him until he recognizes his
mistake!)

-- 
Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM:StuartMJansen>

âThe programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure
thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by
exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so
easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand
conceptual structures.â       -- Fredrick Brooks, Mythical Man Month

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