Received: from mail-wi0-f189.google.com ([209.85.212.189]:59035) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1WnWKx-0001vS-3F; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:29 -0700 Received: by mail-wi0-f189.google.com with SMTP id cc10sf384816wib.16 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EoiwKKsUvKb1TYkaJg3PynmekyNwPz0lRCIleTogaQg=; b=ZAGzoHfGcR01LyWFeYMjyixZi3b8DELNLckTHTa4T95PjaKs2sX07yLKXYxsKxgF/b CsxKeRpPKbtapwBMxQF6/tGB6nQwN0atwZTj20wuBXw/YtD5zfk8aTW78iwiE8zQa4Qu 7IqGyuUac3z6AoKBSgvz0r3ETluTdWfhS/nVvACxTw7y7JzSxrBMvLCEqcv9LceicCXf /EOSUMevBQNdCZnaF6sE7P3RQ5mqVYu43fUlVy9QL/QO5jc/MpOd5x5mJQBM/RgjVWBc 7DbUpcIJ+7mkY/AwVNAuJJu8vfmJo5OSz25tR9l0CsmVr0kRE+TmXUCF1h3TJHglwVHq U2kw== X-Received: by 10.152.2.228 with SMTP id 4mr16269lax.37.1400777955841; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.152.2.37 with SMTP id 5ls232427lar.73.gmail; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.112.49.229 with SMTP id x5mr440826lbn.14.1400777955505; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wg0-x230.google.com (mail-wg0-x230.google.com [2a00:1450:400c:c00::230]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s1si45261wiw.3.2014.05.22.09.59.15 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::230 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:400c:c00::230; Received: by mail-wg0-f48.google.com with SMTP id b13so3610658wgh.31 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.96.225 with SMTP id dv1mr17636644wib.37.1400777955396; Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.208] ([2.31.155.129]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w6sm447088wjq.29.2014.05.22.09.59.13 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <537E2CF4.3020000@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 17:59:32 +0100 From: And Rosta User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120711 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [bpfk] Vote proxying? References: <20140520164001.GC9283@mercury.ccil.org> In-Reply-To: <20140520164001.GC9283@mercury.ccil.org> X-Original-Sender: and.rosta@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::230 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=and.rosta@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Reply-To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bpfk-list@googlegroups.com; contact bpfk-list+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 972099695765 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 1342 John Cowan, On 20/05/2014 17:40: >> Is it legitimate to proxy one's vote on bpfk matters? > > The LLG has traditionally accepted them, and the BPFK is a committee > of the LLG, formally speaking, so I see no reason why not. > > John Cowan, LLG parliamentarian In that case, I proxy mine to Xorxes. Experience has shown me that even in = the rare cases where I don't agree with him from the outset, I soon come to= realize that he was right after all. I'd also like to point out that if enough bpfk members did likewise, the bp= fk business could be zipped through without unnecessary delay and debate. E= ither decisions could simply be referred to Xorxes or else we could calcula= te how many Nays it takes to block a consensus and begin by counting contra= xorxesian votes; only if there were sufficient contraxorxesian votes to blo= ck a consensus would it be necessary to struggle to find some other solutio= n. --And. =20 --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= BPFK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to bpfk-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bpfk-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.