Hi Roy!

Sunday April 23 2006, Roy Witt wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 RW>>> Was this referendum sent to 'all' nodes in R50?

 VD>> Certainly, letters have been sent absolutely to all! And in íå å
 VD>> about it too it was written.

Sorry, word "íå å" is "echoes".

 RW> Very good. I assume that your low return percentage was due to apathy in
 RW> your region. Still, the returns that you have represent a positive
 RW> majority in favor of making the change.

Percent of active nodes you can count on other elections or voting in FIDO
- on Policy referendum last year, for example...

100% may be only in very low networks which consist only 1-2 nodes.

 RW>>> In your estimation, how many 'active' nodes are there in R50?

 VD>> I estimate this percent of 15-20% at a network level and 10-15% on
 VD>> regional.

 RW> That's a decent turnout.

It is reality...

 VD>> It is usual percent voting on elections NC and RC accordingly, I
 VD>> repeatedly spent such elections in our region.

 RW> You're right, you can't expect a lot more turnout than that.

For example: now is election on NC 2:5020 - one of the largest network on
world, near 600 nodes. Now we have 106 votes after first week (theoretical
full will near 150 votes - big percent)...
Or other example: I make election REC 2:50 by NCs and NECs on 2003 - total
172 sysops, and I has only 43 vote! So - even living working controlling
sysops are passive on elections (and referendum too).
Or example by another region - I make election (as vote-checker) on RC 2:45
on 2004 year, and from 360 nodes I has 49 votes.

Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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