Re: [atlarge-discuss] AL001, Vote to choose organization name

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Walter and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  Thank you Walter for this update.  Indeed, ICANNATLARGE.ORG
it is.

Walter Schmidt wrote:

>  Many words are said
>  Some even merit saying
>  Some said even bloom...
>
>    ...that said
>
>  The ballot, in part stated:
>  - "The results are due no later than Wednesday September 25, 2002" -
> today is Wednesday - it would seem nothing was delayed.
>  - "Do not edit this ballot" - more than a few were edited, in more than a
> few ways, necessitating a detail review of all such ballots, by all of us
> - the editing included the changing of one or more of the
> selection-of-names to something different.
>  - "just put a number between square brackets [ ]" - I presume
> square-brackets were found to be offensive to some, as they were changed.
>  - "rank selected names 1 through 5" - again I presume this was found to
> be offensive to some as: an X, multiple X, X & ordinal combinations, and
> multiple same-ordinal combinations were used.
>
>  And, about the ballots:
>  - Almost 70 bounced/could-not-deliver Mail Delivery Subsystem messages
> were received.
>  - Some received ballots were received having both the name and the email
> address NOT on our membership list.
>  - Some people received two ballots.
>  - No ballot was discarded no matter which ballot-request was not followed
> as long as the ballot's intent could be discerned.
>  - Again, questionable ballots were reviewed by all of us.
>  - Almost 170 ballots were received, including one which commented on what
> the election was thought to be, but with no name selected.
>  - More than a few ballots only voted for one or two names.
>
> The final results using the "Preferential" or "Single-Transferable" Voting
> System are:
>
>  ICANNATLARGE.ORG - 77
>  ATLARGE.ORG - 62
>
>  ICANNAtLarge.org it is...
>
> >From my point of view...
>
>  We have now "clothesed the Emperor" as we "asked for..."
>
>  --- REgards, walts@dorsai.org Walter C. Schmidt, IT CPA  Blue(.) ---
>  - -   - IDEA -    |                                           ^  ---
>  - -   Associate   |      Online since CompuServe's MicroNET      - -
>  ---    Expert     |                                              ---
>  - -  Expert Zone  |        http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/         ---
>  - - 52 Ken http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Sun 57 - -
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
> For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 127k members/stakeholders strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number: 214-244-4827 or 972-244-3801
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208



---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de