<div dir="ltr"><div>Facing the room, I saw about 5 hands in opposition. (Who by the way, were</div><div>the large majority of the people who are on this list right now</div><div>objecting), as compared to approx. 60 that were in support.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It was a massive overwhelming majority in that room, and infact in</div><div>discussions with others afterwards, no one could indicate a policy that</div><div>was passed with greater consensus in a PDP meeting than this one.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I feel that the 4 or 5 individuals who are on this list that are now</div><div>trying to get it kicked back, who were in that meeting and saw what they</div><div>saw, are now actually acting against the clearly demonstrated will of</div>
<div>those in that room.</div><div><br></div><div style>--> I will like to remind all of us that during the Open Mic at the end of the meeting, the community request to AIS to avoid overlaps meeting special during Policy discussion because the majority of community felt that the policy was voted when the majority was not in the room.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If we were talking about a bunch of people who WERENT in that room who</div><div>didn't have a say in that room objecting, it would be another story</div><div>entirely. If we were talking about a number of people in that room who</div>
<div>had changed their votes since then, it would also be another story</div><div>entirely. But for the same people who saw a clear consensus to now be</div><div>claiming that their votes override such a majority as expressed there with</div>
<div>no *additional* voices making themselves heard, is actually quite crazy.</div><div><br></div><div style>-->If the majority of community approved this policy, in the mailing list there just 1 or 2 person who are supporting this policy. Even for those who are doing statistic, the sample should be considerable before saying the vote was significant (The sample of 1 or 2 person in the list is not enough).</div>
<div style> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alston.networks@gmail.com" target="_blank">alston.networks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Facing the room, I saw about 5 hands in opposition. (Who by the way, were<br>
the large majority of the people who are on this list right now<br>
objecting), as compared to approx. 60 that were in support.<br>
<br>
It was a massive overwhelming majority in that room, and infact in<br>
discussions with others afterwards, no one could indicate a policy that<br>
was passed with greater consensus in a PDP meeting than this one.<br>
<br>
I feel that the 4 or 5 individuals who are on this list that are now<br>
trying to get it kicked back, who were in that meeting and saw what they<br>
saw, are now actually acting against the clearly demonstrated will of<br>
those in that room.<br>
<br>
If we were talking about a bunch of people who WERENT in that room who<br>
didn't have a say in that room objecting, it would be another story<br>
entirely. If we were talking about a number of people in that room who<br>
had changed their votes since then, it would also be another story<br>
entirely. But for the same people who saw a clear consensus to now be<br>
claiming that their votes override such a majority as expressed there with<br>
no *additional* voices making themselves heard, is actually quite crazy.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Andrew<br>
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><br>
>There were a lot of hands up in support of this at the meeting - 30+ ?<br>
>There were about three hands up against this as I remember.<br>
><br>
>As it was Andrews and Sundays proposal - and they were on stage looking<br>
>at the audience - they would probably have a more accurate count.<br>
><br>
><br>
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