From: FG <FG@hotmail.com>
To: talisman <talisman@umich.edu>; UHJ <secretariat@bwc.org>
Subject: Re: To UHJ #9 (Re Response from UHJ)
Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 11:22 AM
Roger Reini wrote in message <349E655F.7F72@SPAMBLOCKford.com>...
>FG wrote:
>>
>> Dear Members of the Universal House of Justice:
>>
>> Thank you for your email response of 19 December 1997.
>>
>> I have carefully read and considered it. I am concerned that
>> it does not evince an understanding of the unusual nature of
>> Usenet interest polling but seems to think of it as though it
>> were a normal democratic national election of some sort.
>
>When I originally asked the Universal House of Justice to consider the
>issue, I supplied an extensive background file, the bulk of which was a
>Joe Bernstein post from February 1997 (taken from the first
>talk.religion.bahai discussion). This post listed the traditional
>reasons and rationales for voting.
Joe Bernstein, "CANONICAL REASONS FOR VOTING on Usenet
newsgroup proposals."
>
>When the House issued its advice, it was aware of these issues. I am
>sure that its advice reflected this awareness.
I'm not so sure. It seems quite doubtful even. It appears to me that
it must have been too busy to attend to the details of Berstein's
piece or whoever handled it in the secretariat failed to pass on to
them the subtleties of the issues involved in interest polling and
made it appear a normal type of election voting. If it was aware
of the nature of interest polling, it's disregarding the whole Usenet
system. Many serious questions would result if that's the case for
Usenet and Bahais, I would think....
>
>If the House wished to consult with me on this issue (as you suggest), I
>would be honored and willing to do so. Personally, I think this
>unlikely, but you never know.
Well, I hope they do because whoever advised them last time must
have given them an inaccurate understanding of interest polling.
>
>Roger (rreini@wwnet.net)
If anyone can more clearly articulate than I have in my "To UHJ #9"
the nature of interest polling, please write the UHJ at
secretariat@bwc.org
I'm forwarding this message to the UHJ as a further plea
that they take the time and find the people capable of helping
them understand what interest polling is actually all about....
FG
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