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Re: [jboske] The Dead shall Walk Again (was: Aristotelian vs. modern logic)

At 12:04 PM 1/13/03 -0500, John Cowan wrote:
And Rosta scripsit:

> No. We thought everyone agreed, but when I took John's silence for
> consent it turned out that he had (metaphorically) just gone to the
> toilet.

"Silence gives consent" is a fair assumption in a group for decision and
action such as the byfy. On this list, silence ought not to be interpreted
as anything but silence.

Even so, I hope that voting periods for byfy will be long enough that one need not be reading every day in order to not miss a vote. On jboske, missing one day's messages can leave you lost. With a wiki, you can go back to the beginning and vote. The latter is not tenable for a byfy that wants to get things done, but the 10 day voting period with a reminder near the end, that we used for the policy statement was in fact a pretty good estimate of what it took to maximize the vote. A smaller byfy might shorten that period somewhat, but except for critical issues that other issues depend on (like zi'o for the discussion of tu'o and gadri), it is hard to see a reason for minimizing the voting time.

But I'll see what Nick actually implements before I complain %^)

lojbab

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