Author: Don Dailey
Date: 19:30:04 12/20/98
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On December 20, 1998 at 21:42:49, Will Singleton wrote: >On December 20, 1998 at 17:57:53, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On December 20, 1998 at 16:54:59, Don Dailey wrote: >> >>>On December 19, 1998 at 19:21:12, Nicky Ventura wrote: >>> >>>>On December 19, 1998 at 19:16:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>> >>>>>I think is a completely insane mess. There was some giant hoo-ha between Chris >>>>>and members of the founder's group, approximately a year ago, and as a result, >>>>>Chris' account password was changed so he couldn't access his account. >>>>> >>>>>This has been a subject of much controversy since then. I think it is possible >>>>>that some members of the founder's group didn't realize that this had in fact >>>>>happened, and thought that instead Chris had had his account record removed, >>>>>which would have left him free to create a new account at any time. >>>>> >>>>>bruce >>>> >>>>So are you stating that there was confusion and that Chris Whittington is >>>>actually a member of CCC and should be allowed to run. I think allowing all >>>>members of the group to vote for the leaders is important. It should not be >>>>decided by just three. Let him run and the group will decide if he is what they >>>>want. >>>> >>>>Nicholas >>> >>> >>>Sean, >>> >>>When you say "group", do you mean the 91 Sean Evans account aliases >>>(that we have counted so far) or do you mean the real group? >>> >>>- Don >> >>That's quite a few, to say the least. Certainly, it's enough to skew an >>election result. I was surprised to read a different post in which you state he >>was banned. I am no longer. >> >>Dave Gomboc > >I would hope Don was exaggerating with 91 :) There was no exaggeration, there was 91 accounts, the assumption is that it was Sean, every one came from the same provider, was very recently added, and are the only ones on the whole group from that very same provider. >Apparently, there is a problem with these free email accounts. To avoid undue >election influence, the idea of restricting moderator voting to those who have >been members for a certain period of time seems to have resonated with the >membership. The times stated have differed, so I propose a compromise of 30 >days. > >I hope the new moderators will prevail upon ICD to exclude the remailers. >That's a minimum step to promote orderly discussion. It will unfortunately >exclude a few good people, but there's always a tradeoff. > >Will
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