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Grex > Oldcoop > #288: Nominations for the 2006 Grex Board of Directors | |
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remmers
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response 75 of 115:
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Nov 30 20:58 UTC 2005 |
Even though it looks like there will be no competition for board seats
this time, the vote program is now operational. If nothing else, this
will provide an opportunity to test it under OpenBSD.
From a tty interface, run it by typing 'vote' from a Unix shell prompt
or !vote from most other prompts. From the web, go to
https://grex.org/cgi-bin/pw/voting-booth .
(http and https both work, but I suggest using the more secure https,
since you have to authenticate with your grex id and password.)
The vote runs midnight to midnight EST, December 1 through 15. If you
try to vote outside that timeframe, you'll get a terse message about the
polls being closed.
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naftee
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response 76 of 115:
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Nov 30 23:45 UTC 2005 |
the message has a comma splice. Please replace with :
We're sorry; the polls are closed.
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ric
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response 77 of 115:
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Dec 1 20:25 UTC 2005 |
Oh joy, I get to vote in my first grex election!
There. I voted for everyone.
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eprom
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response 78 of 115:
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Dec 1 21:44 UTC 2005 |
This is sorta like the old Soviet elections - You can vote for anyone
you like, as long as they're a member of the communist party.
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naftee
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response 79 of 115:
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Dec 1 23:51 UTC 2005 |
I like Bruce Howard's statement
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bhoward
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response 80 of 115:
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Dec 2 10:24 UTC 2005 |
Whoops, sorry about that. The permissions are corrected and the
statement properly reinstalled now.
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jep
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response 81 of 115:
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Dec 2 14:05 UTC 2005 |
Larry, how come you didn't mention that you're county clerk for
Washtenaw County? Your campaign statement says you work at U-M's ISR.
Though there aren't any choices, there are 4 great candidates.
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remmers
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response 82 of 115:
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Dec 2 16:08 UTC 2005 |
I think Larry's campaign statement is left over from the election two
years ago.
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keesan
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response 83 of 115:
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Dec 2 16:58 UTC 2005 |
I was told to vote for a maximum of 4. How would I go about voting for 5?
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albaugh
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response 84 of 115:
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Dec 2 17:51 UTC 2005 |
In this case you couldn't, since the vote program wouldn't let you.
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remmers
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response 85 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:12 UTC 2005 |
You can, however, vote for 0, 1, 2, or 3.
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keesan
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response 86 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:13 UTC 2005 |
What I meant was, with only 4 candidates, why am I still told not to vote for
5?
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nharmon
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response 87 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:16 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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albaugh
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response 88 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:36 UTC 2005 |
Just in case you had developed malice of forethought... ;-)
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marcvh
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response 89 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:37 UTC 2005 |
Because five is right out!
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albaugh
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response 90 of 115:
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Dec 2 19:40 UTC 2005 |
1, 2, 4 - no, 3!
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remmers
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response 91 of 115:
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Dec 3 12:56 UTC 2005 |
Re #86: Well, here's a technical answer.
The program logic says "Display the message 'Vote for at most N'", where
N is the number of candidates. I didn't make an exception for the
special case that N is equal to the number of slots. So the message is
displayed when it is impossible even to try to vote for more than N.
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keesan
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response 92 of 115:
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Dec 3 14:39 UTC 2005 |
Has it ever happened that N-1 people ran for N slots?
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remmers
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response 93 of 115:
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Dec 3 14:46 UTC 2005 |
I think it happened last year.
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aruba
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response 94 of 115:
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Dec 3 14:57 UTC 2005 |
I believe last year we had 4 people for 3 slots.
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nharmon
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response 95 of 115:
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Dec 3 18:39 UTC 2005 |
Wouldn't that be N+1 people for N slots? I think what Sindi was asking
is, have we have had less candidates than open slots available?
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aruba
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response 96 of 115:
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Dec 4 06:27 UTC 2005 |
We've always had enough candidates to fill the vacancies, as far back as I
can remember.
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remmers
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response 97 of 115:
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Dec 4 12:34 UTC 2005 |
We've had enough candidates as far back as I can remember too. i.e. to
the beginning of Grex.
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remmers
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response 98 of 115:
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Dec 16 18:09 UTC 2005 |
Okay, the election is over and the vote program shut itself off.
Even though it's not a contest this year, I'll report the totals
when I get confirmation from the treasury dept. that the voter
rolls are up-to-date.
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aruba
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response 99 of 115:
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Dec 16 22:13 UTC 2005 |
THe voter rolls are in a bit of disarray for the moment, so please be
patient. I know this race was a nail-biter, and everyone is anxiously
awaiting the outcome, but we wouldn't want a recount...
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