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Re: Forced Votes



On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:32:35 -0800 (PST), Nadim Shaikli
<shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> 
> We had a "discussion period" and comments were sought after a number
> of times (I can post the log if you like) - nothing was forced (the
> topic took a full 5 minutes before it was brought to a vote).  I do
> agree with you, as you noted in the meeting, that we must curtail the
> introduction of new non-agenda'ized topics.  The vote on hand was
> something that came up very recently and so it's an exception to the
> norm.  The topic of the vote (or our need to make a decision) didn't
> entirely blind-side us either as it was posted recently on the 'doc'
> list without any voiced objections.

I should also add, that another reason this particular incident
shouldn't be a big deal is that we were voting on, or trying to vote
on an issue which seemed (to me) to be a no-brainer. I for one went
into the meeting thinking the vote would be over in a few seconds.

However, perhaps an exception should have been made, and the vote
delayed a little, due to the fact that it was not on the agenda. In
the future, I will try to stick to adding topics on my mind to the
agenda on CVS. I simply was not aware that this was a general policy.

Abdulaziz,