Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl said:
>This isn't how Usenet conducts votes. If you want to conduct a straw
>poll I would be interested in the result, but holding a vote by
>posting is a great way to tick off vetern Usenetters, even the ones
>who think I'm a jerk

Greg, I have checked and double checked.  There is only ONE case in
which there is an 'official' (there is some debate about how official it
is) method of doing a vote on Usenet, as I am sure you are aware.  That is
in the creation of a new newsgroup.  We are an unchartered newsgroup, and
there is no proceedure that I can find for changing a FAQ.  In fact, I
find in several places where it says that anyone in this newsgroup could
write an alternate FAQ that would have exactly as much weight as the one
you currently maintain.
  Several people have suggested that very thing, but I don't think that is
actually our best course.

Eagle
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Re: PROPOSAL: Vote on FAQ Revision
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000