On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Jima wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>
>> But I started this ball rolling and I suggested that people who were 
>> voting were being disrespectful trouble-makers because no one had 
>> suggested that we start voting at that moment.  So maybe people who 
>> agreed with me didn't vote at first.
>
> Who exactly declared or signed off on the voting window?  It seemed a 
> bit arbitrary to me.  Probably others, too.


I think no one declared it.  Some people, specifically those who opposed a 
name change, just started sending in "votes" to the list.

They did this knowing full well that we were not ready, that we were 
organizing plans, etc.

Mike