Re: Yes to Publicity! Not to Anonimity! Was: Re: GNOME Foundation Annual Elections - proposal

[Dave Camp <dave ximian com>]

We have this.  Nobody is required to disclose their identity on our
mailing lists.  Most people choose to, because it makes communication
(as opposed to voting) more efficient.

The current election procedure doesn't allow you the choice.  You *have*
to associate your name with your vote.  Moving to anonymous voting lets
people decide what they want to disclose.

-dave

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 15:03, Aleksey Sanin wrote:
> BTW, in addition to anonymous voting I have one more proposal:
>            
>                 We need anonymous mailing lists!
> 
> See the reasons for that change is exactly the same: John Smith might be
> afraid to state his opinion in a public mailing list (or vote in "open" 
> voting)
> thus we need to allow him to express his honest opinion on subject 
> anonymously.
> This would help to make sure that we collect all the possible options and
> opinions in the discussion. Including one that "John's boss suggestion is
> a piece of crap". Anonymous mailing list *is* a requirement, don't you 
> see it?
> 
> 
> Aleksey
> 
> 
> 
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