OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Re: [office] Voting about forms

  • 1.  Re: [office] Voting about forms

    Posted 07-25-2003 14:15
    Paul,
    
    thank you very much for this hint. I think we should discuss
    this in our Monday con call.
    
    Best regards
    
    Michael
    
    Paul Grosso wrote:
    > At 14:16 2003 07 24 +0200, Michael Brauer wrote:
    > 
    >>Dear TC members,
    >>
    >>I would like to remind you that our voting about forms closes on Friday, 1am PT. Please don't forget to vote if you didn't do so already.
    >>
    >>Thank you
    >>
    >>Michael
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Michael,
    > 
    > I'm not sure how others feel, but I would like to see
    > a voting choice of "concur" on future votes.  This would
    > be interpreted as a vote in favor of the position that
    > (not counting "concur" votes) received the most votes.
    > 
    > This is useful when one doesn't know enough about a
    > given issue to take a particular stand, but one wishes
    > to support the decision of the group (whereas an
    > abstention doesn't contribute to reaching a quorum
    > in the voting).
    > 
    > Lacking that choice for this vote, I cannot really
    > vote on this issue.  (Provided we get enough votes
    > for this issue, I do not suggest a new vote, but I
    > do suggest a "concur" option in the future.)
    > 
    > regards,
    > 
    > paul
    > 
    > 
    > 
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