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Article #129Re: Membership fee for DECUS?
From: Jeff Killeen
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:34
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:34
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In article <hdtodd.2.714835604@wccnet.wcc.wesleyan.edu>, hdtodd@wccnet.wcc.wesleyan.edu (H. D. Todd) writes: > I think it is a mistake to believe that dividing the mailing list > into customers vs. members will fix the crapshoot election process (for > those who don't understand the term: DECUS elections are a crapshoot, > because those voting are generally not sufficiently well informed about the > issues or the candidates' positions to make intelligent choices, thus the > election results reflect popularity, publicity, innuendo, etc., rather than > considered choices by the electorate -- at least, that's what the term > means; decide for yourself if that view is correct). [Hi Dave!] Most believe the election process is a "crapshoot". I believe a major part of the motivation for splitting the list is it may be cost achievable to then do a voter education program.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!spcvxb.spc.edu!killeen From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen) Newsgroups: comp.org.decus Subject: Re: Membership fee for DECUS? Message-ID: <1992Aug26.103456.3697@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 26 Aug 92 14:34:56 GMT References: <1992Aug21.120610.974@beckman.com> <1992Aug25.090559.686@fps.mcw.edu> <1992Aug25.140249.3686@spcvxb.spc.edu> <hdtodd.2.714835604@wccnet.wcc.wesleyan.edu> Organization: SPC Community Access System Lines: 15