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["Daniel Quintiliani" <danq AT runbox.com>]

No, it'd just make things more confusing. After the overly complex and 
confusing voting protocols we almost got into a few months ago, I think we 
should do our best to leave it alone.

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-Dan Q

On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 12:33:56 +1100 (AEDT), opennic AT ned-ludd.com wrote:

> 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
> 
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