At 15:00:33 on Thu, 30 Jul 2009, jms  wrote 
in :

>On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:24:24 +0100, "Wm..."
> wrote:
>
>>UKV counts votes.  The committee instructs Control or the deputy to
>>create a group.  Usually this is happily based on fair people saying yes
>>and no as counted by UKV.
>>
>>Please don't underestimate what the Committee might do if it feels a
>>certain way.
>
>Remind us please - what part do you take in the  formal process?

For the avoidance of doubt on the part of those who are not regulars in 
unn*:  Wm... is neither a Committee member nor a member or UKVoting, nor 
has he ever been either.  He has been around these groups for quite some 
while, and during that time he has observed proceedings, and drawn his 
own conclusions.  He may post profusely, but his words carry exactly as 
much clout as those of anybody else who might post here.  He has no 
special power or authority, and no inside knowledge of the secrets of 
how things work.

Speaking as someone who has served for years on first UKVoting and then 
on Committee, there is in fact *far* less inside knowledge (let alone 
power and authority) than many people assume there must be.  The only 
official secret is the Black Helicopter/Chocolate Hobnobs Interface 
(TINBHCHI).

Best to relax, and let go of the paranoia.  It'll give you indigestion.
-- 
Molly
I don't speak for the Committee.  If I ever do, it will be made
specifically clear.
My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not be so for ever.

In uk.net.news.config on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:39:18 +0100, jms
 wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:14:26 +0100, Peter J Ross <pjr@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>Don't the rules say "The committee shall promptly obey all
>>instructions given by anonymous cowards"?
>
> I don't think you should call Wm.. that

I didn't.

> - or were you referring to
> people who use anonymous email addresses.

I wasn't.

> You know something like xyz@example.invalid
>
> "The e-mail addresses given in "From:", "Reply-To:", and "Sender:"
> SHOULD be yours (i.e. you should be entitled to use it)"

I'm entitled to use @example.invalid, just like everybody else.

> knob

I like your new .sig.


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