dma@pcssc.UUCP (Dave Armbrust) (06/07/90)
In article <1990Jun5.100916.19842@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes: >> >>Yes this is true! Not to worry all yes votes received after May 21st got >>the same message! Only votes received after May 21st got this message. >> >>Elliot Lear has not let me know if I can count all votes received between May >>21st and June 1st. Please don't flame me I am just trying to follow the rules! > > >Anyone have an estimate as to how much faster yes votes travel than no votes? I went by the date posted rather then the date received. Remember the person you are flaming is a human rather then a machine. I can only do my best. This has been rather difficult with guidelines that intends something different then what it states. I hope someday we take the time to revise the guidelines. Because of my enthusiasm for the group comp.unix.sco it has been assumed that I have been less then honest with the vote. For the first three weeks the vote did look like it could succeed, the majorty were voting yes, inspite of the yes/nay issue and cries of the vote being `fishy`. This proved in my mind that I was justified in calling for the vote. Then the controversy regarding the vote being honest started to take it's toll. The guidelines state that I could not say how the vote was going. Since I did not state at this point that the vote was failing then net assumed that the vote was passing. It was also assumed that the only way it could pass was that I was being dishonest. Because of the assumed dishonesty I received alot of no votes from neters that stated they would not normally vote but felt a duty to do so. I had many ask their yes votes to be removed and many more that asked for me to change their votes from yes to no. I do not know if this vote would have succeeded without this controversy, but it sure would have been more 'honest'. As it is comp.unix.sco failed 563 no to 450 yes for a total vote count of 1013. BTW the results of the vote was posted to new.announce.newgroups and news.groups on Monday June 4th, Eliot Lear (the moderator) has yet to post them to the net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Armbrust | uunet!pcssc!dma PC Software Systems | Phone: (813)365-1162 2121 Cornell Street | Sarasota, FL 34237 |