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Grex > Oldcoop > #305: Nominations for Special Election to Fill Board Vacancies | |
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keesan
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response 25 of 118:
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Jan 17 23:14 UTC 2006 |
I decline, I think remmers and janc would do a much better job. I will
nominate myself if we ever finish building the house we started in 1986.
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tod
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response 26 of 118:
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Jan 18 00:15 UTC 2006 |
I can relate!
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bhoward
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response 27 of 118:
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Jan 18 01:05 UTC 2006 |
Dang. 20 years? Are you growing your own trees for the wood
you need?
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nharmon
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response 28 of 118:
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Jan 18 03:04 UTC 2006 |
Hey, there are buildings that took 20 years to build. Egyptian pyramids
come to mind.
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keesan
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response 29 of 118:
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Jan 18 04:00 UTC 2006 |
Monticello took a lot longer. We are spending too much time on the design,
and we also started by digging a hole which then caved in, and building the
foundation of recycled blocks including some from the old county building,
and as much recycled wood as people were throwing out near us, and the goal
is to heat with electricity for $100/year (or maybe with stored potatoes and
apples). We have visited people in newer houses than this one.
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tod
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response 30 of 118:
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Jan 18 18:20 UTC 2006 |
A man's home is his castle..and in some cases a few of us actually have a
castle. You don't DIY overnight.
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albaugh
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response 31 of 118:
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Jan 18 19:31 UTC 2006 |
Aquinas is better... ;-)
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cross
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response 32 of 118:
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Jan 18 23:47 UTC 2006 |
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man
contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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tod
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response 33 of 118:
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Jan 18 23:51 UTC 2006 |
I outta take this microphone and beat ya over the head with it, cuz that's
what you deserve. That's what you deserve!!
-- Charles Manson to the judge at his sentencing
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happyboy
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response 34 of 118:
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Jan 19 09:49 UTC 2006 |
"Puppycow Appleshoe."
---Koo Koo
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remmers
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response 35 of 118:
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Jan 21 14:45 UTC 2006 |
Did the Board set dates for the election?
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aruba
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response 36 of 118:
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Jan 22 10:15 UTC 2006 |
The board decided to start the election on Monday the 23rd. Sorry that
hasn't been posted in coop before now.
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remmers
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response 37 of 118:
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Jan 22 12:54 UTC 2006 |
Okay. I guess nominations and opportunities for acceptance end at
midnight tonight (Sunday) then. I'll open the voting as early as
practical on Monday, when I know the complete list of candidates. I
presume that plan is to keep the polls open for 15 days, the same as in
a regular election.
If nobody else accepts a nomination, it looks like this will be another
non-competitive election -- 2 candidates, 2 slots.
I seem to be in the position of both administering the election and
being a candidate. This has happened before, and the way that it was
handled was to have a second person count the votes. It's kind of moot
if there's no competition, but still it would be nice if another staff
member who's not a candidate handles the election after I've done the
initial setup. There's not much to "handling it" - poll opening and
closing is now automated, so about the only thing the administrator has
to do is tally the results when the election is over. It's pretty
simple to do via a script.
Any volunteers?
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spooked
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response 38 of 118:
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Jan 22 22:11 UTC 2006 |
I'll count the votes.
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naftee
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response 39 of 118:
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Jan 23 01:37 UTC 2006 |
how's your sperm count ?
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happyboy
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response 40 of 118:
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Jan 23 02:01 UTC 2006 |
i have seven!
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scholar
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response 41 of 118:
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Jan 23 11:51 UTC 2006 |
I have many, many spermatazoa because my testicles are huge.
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remmers
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response 42 of 118:
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Jan 23 16:03 UTC 2006 |
Re #38: Thanks, Mic. I'll be in touch via email regarding procedures.
The polls are open, now through February 6. It's a non-competitive election,
but you should vote anyway. Type 'vote' at a Unix shell prompt, '!vote' at
most other prompts, or vote on the web at
https://grex.org/cgi-bin/pw/voting-booth .
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keesan
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response 43 of 118:
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Jan 23 16:48 UTC 2006 |
I read Jan's statement (Remmer's did not provide one yet) and wonder why there
is mention of setting up the Sun but nothing about all his hard work getting
the current grex hardware running. Remmers did a lot of work on current grex
too, and it is really generous of them to also agree to run for board.
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aruba
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response 44 of 118:
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Jan 23 18:20 UTC 2006 |
Jan's statement is from the last time he ran for the board, which was a
while ago.
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happyboy
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response 45 of 118:
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Jan 23 18:30 UTC 2006 |
re41: oh, did they finally descend? congrats!
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remmers
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response 46 of 118:
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Jan 23 18:35 UTC 2006 |
I've emailed Jan suggesting that he update his statement. And I'll
provide one of my own.
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naftee
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response 47 of 118:
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Jan 23 21:19 UTC 2006 |
john remmers doesn't have a voting statement :(
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kingjon
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response 48 of 118:
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Jan 23 21:23 UTC 2006 |
Amd isn't there usually a time period between the closing of nominations
and the opening of the voting, to allow the people who haven't seen
their nomination to be contacted and asked to accept or decline?
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aruba
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response 49 of 118:
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Jan 23 23:03 UTC 2006 |
Yes, there normally is such a period. Since this is a special election, and
there had already been a long nomination period, the board decided to start
the election a week after our meeting (which was Monday the 16th.)
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