>> 4) Shall we vote by replying to the list with a msg header that indicates the >> vote clearly, or via some other method? > > Maybe, but a different system would be better. I'll look into that. > Maybe someone else has a scheme for doing this. The Google docs have a lot of really neat features. One thing you can do with their spreadsheet docs is make a form that lists several columns like Timestamp, name, email address, vote choice, ip, etc Then you can post it as a web page form which is essentially a ballot. Then send the URL to access the form to the list and everyone can fill in their info and vote. Then share the entire document as read-only to the internet at large so everyone can view the results as they come in and watch for tampering or just simply watch the results in real time. It's actually a fairly slick setup. I still think the name change is unnecessary.