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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
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Ballots Received
----------------

RC18
RC34
RC19
RC25
RC33
RC29
RC50
RC40

Ballots must be submitted by 20:00 UTC on Sunday, 31 March 2024.

Regards,

Andrew
FTSC Election Coordinator

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Hi, Andrew -- on Mar 21 2024 at 01:38, you wrote:

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
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Yes for Rob, please.

Cheers... Dallas
R17C

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Hi, Andrew -- on Mar 21 2024 at 01:38, you wrote:

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
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Region 17 Votes Yes for Rob

Cheers... Dallas
RC17

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Hello Dallas!

21 Mar 24 01:21, you wrote to me:

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
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Yes for Rob, please.

Cheers... Dallas
R17C

ACK.

Andrew
FTSC Election Coordinator

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Andrew,

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
----------------------------------------------

I'm amazed how people don't even read the election rules.

Several votes could be discarded, while in this case it doesn't really matter, but "what" if it did with the outcome hinging on a single vote ...

\%/@rd

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I'm amazed how people don't even read the election rules.

When did the majority of the present coordinators ever bother with stupid little things like rules?

Several votes could be discarded, while in this case it doesn't really matter, but "what" if it did with the outcome hinging on a single vote ...

Well, this is just like an election in Russia. Only one single candidate, so who cares anyway?


--
Conning people is easy. You just need to overcome their intelligence. But convincing people they've been conned is much harder. You need to overcome their pride.
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Well, this is just like an election in Russia. Only one single
candidate, so who cares anyway?

It's totally different:

1) There is only one candidate because only one was nominated and no-one has
been denied participation. You're an RC, you could've nominated;

2) The single candidate could have been voted away...these things have
happened in the past ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - 20230201
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Björn Felten wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

I'm amazed how people don't even read the election rules.

When did the majority of the present coordinators ever bother
with stupid little things like rules?

I'm sure you're including yourself in that majority, right? For example letting your sockpuppet alter-ego post in sysop-only echos?

Several votes could be discarded, while in this case it doesn't really matter, but "what" if it did with the outcome hinging on a single vote ...

Well, this is just like an election in Russia. Only one single candidate, so who cares anyway?

Not the same at all. In this election, a candidate can be *rejected* by
"no" votes, which is not true in a Russian election.

So, you're 0-for-2 on this post.



... Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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Hello Ward!

26 Mar 24 17:33, you wrote to me:

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 7 | |
----------------------------------------------

I'm amazed how people don't even read the election rules.

Several votes could be discarded, while in this case it doesn't really matter, but "what" if it did with the outcome hinging on a single vote
...

Yes, there were procedures violated on the part of several voters, including one who later corrected himself. I've been personally more concerned with the at least 2 ballots that arrived at 1:320/119 but not at 1:320/219 (until I rescanned the echo from 1:320/119 to 1:320/219.) Apparently either SEEN-BYs are getting 320/219 added where it shouldn't be, or (more likely) there is/are a packet or packets that has/haven't been received by 1:320/219.

Andrew

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Hello Bj”rn!

26 Mar 24 20:59, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

Well, this is just like an election in Russia. Only one single candidate, so who cares anyway?

I don't believe this is a correct analogy. The only reason there is just one candidate is that the RCs as a group mostly ignored the call for nominations, both here and via NetMail.

Andrew

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Good ${greeting_time}, Björn!

26 Mar 2024 20:59:18, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

I'm amazed how people don't even read the election rules.

When did the majority of the present coordinators ever bother with
stupid little things like rules?

Several votes could be discarded, while in this case it doesn't
really matter, but "what" if it did with the outcome hinging on a
single vote...

Well, this is just like an election in Russia. Only one single
candidate, so who cares anyway?

I guess you are an expert in these matters?


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On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:25:14 -0400, Andrew Leary -> Bjorn Felten wrote:

The only reason there is just one candidate is that the RCs as a
group mostly ignored the call for nominations, both here and via
NetMail.

Guilty as charged.

While Rob is, honestly, probably one of the best candidates for the job, the fact that the _only_ thing the current members of this committee have done since the last election was to shoot down this same candidates' request to add/submit a document of his current practice for others to utilize, makes this entire ordeal completely pointless.

If he's running to finish what he started, I applaud his efforts. Obviously nobody else is going to do it.

Not a single spelling or grammar error reported as corrected in at least a couple of elections, either. What is this even still a thing for?

Regards,
Nick

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26 Mar 2024 17:09, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

I've been personally more
concerned with the at least 2 ballots that arrived at 1:320/119 but
not at 1:320/219 (until I rescanned the echo from 1:320/119 to
1:320/219.) Apparently either SEEN-BYs are getting 320/219 added
where it shouldn't be, or (more likely) there is/are a packet or
packets that has/haven't been received by 1:320/219.

I remember that in last year's election you also had some issue like this...

Carlos

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I remember that in last year's election you also had some issue like this...

That seems correct to me.

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - 20230201
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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 13 | |
----------------------------------------------

Ballots Received
----------------

RC18
RC34
RC19
RC25
RC33
RC29
RC50
RC40
RC24
RC12
RC54
RC17
RC13
RC10

The deadline for RCs to cast their region's ballot is Sunday, 31 March 2024 at 20:00 UTC.

Andrew
FTSC Election Coordinator

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