Discuss mailing list

[opennic AT ned-ludd.com]

Forgive me if this hasn't been proposed in the past.

It should be fairly easy to create a new Mailman list within the 
current mailing list hosting structure.  Why not create a new 
one purely for voting?

Posts sent from this list would be restricted to formal calls 
for voting and other information pertaining solely to the vote. 
This would be a very low-volume list, the only messages being 
calls to vote, reminders of voting deadlines and announcement of 
results.

Anyone interested in voting has to subscribe to the list in 
order to receive voting alerts.  They would vote by posting to 
that list.  All user posts would be moderated (i.e. not 
released) so the actual votes would be concealed.

At the end of the voting period the votes would be tallied by 
independent, neutral moderators and the result announced in both 
mailing lists.  All votes could be stored, in case of a 
challenge.  None would be released for public viewing.

Moderators could be appointed who know how to operate/access a 
Mailman list and who are unlikely to ever have a vested interest 
in any TLD, its operation or creation.

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ChrisG