Re: [atlarge-discuss] Ballot questions

[Eric Dierker <eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

I like this objection,
It shows us that mere wording is contentious.
Some folks should stop quitting and complaining.
And start contributing and constraining.
Eric Dierker

> Given that two of the three members on the Polling Committee arguably
> speak fluent English (or American at least),  it's quite obvious that
> this was drafted by the one non-native English speaker amongst them,
> then sent without prior approval by the Polling Committee as a whole.
> Why?
> 
> Also, am I the only one having trouble understanding some of these
> questions?
> And the blatant bias in the question below is a cause for concern.
> 
> "Should we:
>>      [Answer all that apply]
>> =>A2 Y/N [ ] look for more than a shell structure
>> =>A3 Y/N [ ] consider the tax exemption aspects
>> =>A4 Y/N [ ] chose USA for tax exemption
>> =>A5 Y/N [ ] chose France no tax no paperwork
>> =>A6 Y/N [ ] run a comparative questionnaire
> 
> The reasons to choose the USA or not to choose the USA, or equally
> France, or any other country, cannot be summarized in 3 words, and it's
> simply not appropriate to present it as a simple choice between
> paperwork and no paperwork. These are very complex issues. What has
> been posed here is the equivalent of "Choose USA for no personal
> liability" v. "Choose France and get sued in European Courts".
> 
> At the very least, it would have been sensible for Jefsey to publish
> the ballot in French, then a professional translator could have
> assisted with the English translation, and both sent out together. As
> it is, you have bias in the ballot to argue about for the next 12
> months.
> 
> Bon Chance!
> Joanna
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Walter Schmidt [mailto:walts@dorsai.org]
>> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:03 AM
>> To: Atlarge Discuss List
>> Cc: Walter Schmidt
>> Subject: [atlarge-discuss] Guess My Vote Won't Be Counted...
>>
>>
>>
>> Folks -
>>
>>    ...we have language difficulties, already!
>>
>>  -------------------------
>>
>> On Sun, 25 May 2003 atlarge@execlub.org wrote:
>>
>> > ICANNATLARGE.ORG ELECTION - VOTING...
>> > ============================================================
>> > Please ReplyTo without copy (your mail would be deleted).
>> > Only your first response counts. End of the voted Sunday
>> > June 1st 00:00 GMT.
>>
>> For what it's worth:
>>
>>  copy - noun
>>
>>    4. The words to be printed or spoken...
>>    5. Suitable source material...
>>
>> Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
>> Language, Third Edition Copyright 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
>>
>> So, I dutifully removed all "copy" except for the ballot, made my
>> choices, and sent my ballot off - with a Cc: to myself AS I ALWAYS DO
>> with ALL eMail I send - check the archives if you want, that is what I
>> do.
>>
>> Then what do I receive, the auto-responder's message - and what did it
>> include:
>>    BEGINQUOTE-
>> your mail/vote has been received by the atlarge@execlub.org system. It
>> will be process if it has no other destinee.
>>    ENDQUOTE-
>>
>> Well why the [expletive deleted] did you not say that to begin with!?!
>>
>> And, since "Only your first response counts," I cannot correct the
>> error caused by our "language difficulties" - [another expletive
>> deleted]!
>>
>> "Copy" is copy - and "no other destinee" is just what IT means!!!
>>
>> Now I realize, you DID NOT MEAN "without copy," you meant - without A
>> copy OF YOUR REPLY BEING SENT TO ANYONE ELSE.
>>
>>     YACOED [Yet Another Couple Of Expletives Deleted]
>>
>> And we are going to correct our "language difficulties," so my vote
>> can be counted, how...?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>  ---  REgards, walts@dorsai.org  Walter C. Schmidt, IT CPA  Blue(^)
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>>  - 52 Ken           http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/          Sun 57 - -
>>
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