Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:53 +0000 (UTC)
On 20 Oct 2009 15:34:31 +0100 (BST),
Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <slrnhdrgjl.1fi.devnull@feynman.home.woodall.me.uk>,
> Tim Woodall <news003@woodall.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>My biggest fear if you were to be elected is that you might end up
>>hijacking type 1 proposals to achi ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:21 +0000 (UTC)
On 20 Oct 2009 02:44:18 +0100 (BST),
Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
> For example, at the moment we occasionally have a situation where
> undocumented `best practices' are strongly suggested to proponents by
> the committee. I would be happy for those undocumented rules to fall
> awa ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:12:02 +0100
At 12:31:10 on Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk>
wrote in <0m3rd5tes8ddkv2j48jdta4fjufkrrmb2c@4ax.com>:
>On 20 Oct 2009 11:09:42 +0100 (BST), Ian Jackson
><ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>Even though I disagree with some members of the current Committee
>>about some things, I wo ...
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A question for Ian Jackson regarding the elections.
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:13:17 +0100
Are you the same Ian Jackson who 9 years ago said in a post regarding
UK Voting:
I intend to be quite `fascist', for example I'll be issuing individual
ballot papers and parsing votes entirely automatically, and my system
runs some aggressive anti-spam mail software which will reject many
mails sent by ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
20 Oct 2009 11:09:42 +0100 (BST)
In article <p7rqd594etu94c45pn729jgslkd2rd3skb@4ax.com>,
Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote:
>On 20 Oct 2009 02:44:18 +0100 (BST), Ian Jackson
><ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>In article <fonpd5hd273r80lq176ockdssc1e11i922@4ax.com>,
>>Geoff Berrow <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote:
>>>The opportun ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:36 +0100 (BST)
In article <v8g*Bw0Ts@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Ian Jackson) wrote:
> >> Anyone who is in power
> - the ability to give advice to proponents from a position of
> authority
Sorry to say that you have lost my vote. There is no "power" or
"authority" granted to you by ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:11:48 +0100
In message <6gh*lwYTs@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, at 17:39:10 on Mon,
19 Oct 2009, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wibbled
>In article <memo.20091019170346.1832B@cix.co.uk>,
>Paul Cummins <paulcummins@cix.co.uk> wrote:
>>5. Although this has not been an issue for some time, how would you
>>propos ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:18:20 +0100
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:47:19 <7jskdfm54f.fsf@rapun.sel.cam.ac.uk>
uk.net.news.management Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
>My experience of being on committees (and, indeed, chairing them), is
>that consensus-building is the way to go. It's much better to persuade
>someone that your way is correct (or, as impor ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:20:09 +0100
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:28:26
<Xns9CA9D045D1CCFgrahamdrabblelineone@drabble.me.uk>
uk.net.news.management Graham Drabble <usenet05@drabble.me.uk>
>On 19 Oct 2009 Pedt <"\"@ @\""@some.oddities-etc.co.uk> wrote in
>news:NeHWwlbgSJ3KFw6P@fishcake.eternal-september.org:
>
>> 6. Do you think the current uk.* procedur ...
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Re: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009 - Confirmed Candidates
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:04 +0100 (BST)
In article <NZt*ssYTs@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Ian Jackson) wrote:
> Anyone who is in power
> can't shed the informal influence that comes from that power, and
> should always comport themselves accordingly.
Hmmm... what power do you think committee membership gives you?
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