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- From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
- Subject: Re: Should SHAREWARE be posted in comp.sources.misc
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.143900.846@resonex.com>
- Keywords: Vote, shareware, sources.misc
- Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale CA
- References: <1992Nov20.171751.25602@sparky.imd.sterling.com> <1ejd2mINN2uv@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:39:00 GMT
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- In article <1ejd2mINN2uv@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> randall-joshua@yale.edu (Joshua Randall) writes:
- >This is fine, but calling this is CFV is *not* OK! For one thing, I haven't
- >seen *any* discussion of this on news.groups, let alone a formal RFD.
- >
- >If a simple majority wins then this is by no means a formal CFV and should
- >not be called one.
- >
- >So, in summary:
- >
- >(1) Post the charter
- >
- >(2) Ask for discussion, and then hold a formal RFD
- >
- >(3) If there is interest, post a CFV which follows the guidelines.
-
- You're confusing this with the "Guidelines for newsgroup creation",
- which has nothing to do with this new vote. It's simply the moderator
- asking people what he should do, and doing so by adopting procedures
- *similar* to newsgroup creation. As moderator, he could just arbitrarily
- decide; he has instead chosen to ask people on the net what they think.
- Whether it's called a "CFV", "Straw Poll", "Request For Input" or
- "Rose By Another Name", there certainly is no need for him to follow
- all of the newsgroup creation guidelines.
-
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