Rob,
There wasn't a vote taken on LPSF-activists; there was a vote taken
among the officers. Are you suggesting that we can't have general votes
at our monthly meetings any more either? That is where your logic would
take us, because people voting at a meeting are subject to exactly the
same kind of check as people voting on one of the lists -- checking
their names against the paid members list -- no more, and no less (yes,
I'm presuming that voting anonymously by email without giving one's
actual name would be disallowed). If our membership list is inaccurate
because of Raiser's Edge, I think the temporary solution is to just
operate on the honor system. If someone says they think they're a
member, let them vote, unless there's some good reason to believe
otherwise.
<<< Starchild >>>
P.S. - As a computer professional, you should know better than to waste
bandwidth by appending the entire recent digest of LPSF-activists to
your message!
FYI, due to the Raiser's Edge debacle, it's unlikely that you have an
accurate enough list with which to "poll the general membership," much
less to do so by email, when I KNOW that list is wrong.I updated my info with LP HQ in September, and I'm still getting LPSF
postcards but not LPMA stuff, even though I know my address change went
through, since my LP News has been coming to my Cambridge address since
November. I'm sure I'm not the only one whose information fell victim
to Raiser's Edge in the last six months, so getting an accurate vote of
the general membership is basically impossible.Furthermore, lpsf-discuss has no controls to make sure its members are
in SF, much less paid LP members. The lpsf-activists lists was the
right place to take the vote, and those of us on the list who didn't
vote made a conscious decision not to vote, which is our right.Starchild, those of us who have been "lurking" on the lists without
commenting on the proposals have implemented our own "weighted voting."
~ Because we are either too busy or don't care which is chosen (or have
moved across the country for the next three years), we've weighted our
own votes as zero, leaving the only real votes to those willing to put
in the legwork. Seriously, have you ever heard of a libertarian with a
strong opinion who doesn't make it known? It seems that the folks who
had an opinion and were willing to put in the time have voted, and the
winner is curb rights.I know you enjoy putting newly elected leaders through your own
personal
gauntlet, Starchild. But give Marcy a break. She did exactly what a
good leader should -- solicit input, then make a decision promptly
enough to act.Yay, Marcy!
Rob
Cambridge, MA
(where it's 1 degree Fahrenheit, dammit!)
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