From: Conrad Schneiker <schneiker@...>
Date: 2000-03-06T22:18:54-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01771] Re: comp.lang.ruby RFD: withdraw or proceed?

From: Nigel Rantor <wiggly@wiggly.org>

> Conrad Schneiker wrote:
> >
> > ((comp.lang.misc + cc: ruby-lang ML))
> >
> > At the end of this week we will need to decide whether I should withdraw
the
> > RFD or whether I should send off the paperwork would then lead from the
RFD
> > to the CFV (call for votes), sometime later this month.
....
> > Recommendations?
> >
>
> Do a pre-emptive CFV on the mailing list/through c.l.misc and see what
> response you get in the next three days. ruby-poll@wiggly.org is still
> available if you want it. (well, its not like I have to do anything to
> make it work...)
>
> If there isn't going to be enough votes though I would say withdraw, not
> least because the news.groups people will probably respect it more than
> charging on and falling on our collective arses, like many of them
> expect.

This is an interesting idea, but if the number of responses to previous
notes on the RFD is any indication, I expect the response rate would too low
to provide a good guesstimate of how many people would vote for the actual
CFV.

However I think there may be another way to put this resource to good use.
We might want to ask people on the English + Japanese Ruby MLs to send a
note to ruby-poll@wiggly.org immediately _after_ they vote on the _actual_
CFV, so we can get some idea of the actual response rate in real time, and
to follow up with additional requests/reminders on the Ruby MLs as seems
appropriate.

Conrad