On 18/11/2019 12:31, Terry Roati -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> Majority of listed nodes, or majority of those who care enough to
 DD>> express an opinion (by voting)?

 DD>> The former is never going to happen.

 TR> Does it really matter? If the majority of those who care enough to vote
for a
 TR> change and then the silent majority don't do anything to object, there
vote
 TR> would be an abstain and the change passed. If all of a sudden, the non
voters
 TR> come out of the woodwork then another vote could be held to settle the
 TR> matter.

I concur but ...

 TR> The only issue I see is the quorum, if the majority of *C's can't be
bothered
 TR> to vote then so be it, .

 TR> In most democratic elections where it is not compulsory to vote, the
majority
 TR> of the votes decide an election I beleive so why should Fidonet be
 TR> different?

Isn't it written somewhere that things can only be changed by a majority vote
of ALL?

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Regards
David

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