Re: Is shared generally agreed, then?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Dave,

  I believe that the refrence to voting was in respect to people
on this list.

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> >There will be no convincing concensus without a vote, only divided
> >opinions.  I do not understand why this idea was quickly shot down.  It is
> >the only way to find out what percentage of people support each issue.  It
> >is one of the corner stones of democracy..
> 
>         Please review IETF materials concerning voting <http://www.ietf.org>.
> 
>         The simple explanation is that voting requires membership and there
> is no "membership" of the relevant population, from which to derive a vote.
> 
> d/
> 
> (read the last line, please)
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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