Mike Miller wrote:
> 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.

  Err, I think you're missing my point, that saying "we're not ready" 
and proclaiming a distant voting window was just as arbitrary and one-sided.
  That's the problem with getting a ball rolling: sometimes you can't 
control it once it picks up momentum.

      Jima