jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) (02/16/90)
While Matt's proposal has some merit, I think it also has one fault that many others have: overcomplexity. Voting yes/no on the group itself, and having a name ballot like: sci.name1 talk.name1 soc.name1 sci.name2 where whichever name (1) met the 100-over and 2/3 rule and (2) got the most votes would become the name, is simpler. Actually, the present system does pretty well; it's just the occasional abuses that irk people so much. How about we look into ways to prevent those abuses while retaining ye olde statuse quoe? Jeff -- Thank you for not coercing.