Re: 207.A

From: Andre Engels (engels_at_uni-koblenz.de)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:38:07 PDT


On 21 Apr 2003, Richard S. Holmes wrote:

> Aron Wall <aron_at_wall.org> writes:
>
> > But they can also override "the decision of the Judge".  Normally this
> > occurs in the context of a decision on rule validity, but the R.O.'s do
> > not specify this, and I am of the opinion that this applies to all
> > decisions of the Judge, which allows for the committee to overrule a crazy
> > interpretation of the R.O.'s which does not affect rules directly, which I
> > think is a good thing.  So, simply overrule by proposal the decision of
> > the Judge not to change the forum to place X, and the forum must change to
> > place X.
>
> Well, that sounds dubious to me, if you think that's what it takes,
> I'll go for it.
>
> Override Proposal:
>
> The Judge's decision not to designate as the FRC forum one with a
> lower incidence of spam, namely a mailing list hosted at trolltech.com
> (but with a new posting address) which is configured to reject posts
> from non-subscribers, shall be overridden.
>
> I vote FOR this proposal.

I vote AGAINST. First, I think it's strange to override a decision not to
do something. Second, the proposal is unclear about what its effect will be -
my best guess is that it changes the public forum to "a mailing list hosted
at trolltech.com which is configured to reject posts from non-subscribers",
which would mean that the judge, and preferably all members should subscribe
to all such mailing lists, which is a pain in the ass. Third, I would be
surprised if the existing list could not be so configured. Fourth, the
incidence of spam is not high at all.

Andre Engels

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Rule Date: 2003-04-28 08:38:24 GMT


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