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Subject: Re: re 7 days for voting
> But it seems you're agreeing with my anyway, perhaps against your > better judgement. Yes, because I know that my better judgement is not always the best ;-) E. Terry Allen wrote: > > Eduardo wrote: > ... > | > I think the reason we have the concept of business day is that you > | > get to take weekends off. If we say "seven calendar days" we cover > | > five business days no matter what the weekend is, less holidays. > | > | I don't see how you arrive at the above conclusion. Posit a > | country where there are religious holidays that last seven > | days, then there is no way that seven calendar days will cover > | five business days. Also the idea of five being the magic number > | is not universal, witness Israel. I think the ideal of reaching > | a universal solution in this context is misguided. I firmly > | support "seven calendar days". > | > | > And it's rare that there are more than 2 holidays in any > | > 7-day stretch, so we get pretty good assurance thant TC > | > members will have 3 days to take note of a motion, consider, and > | > vote. Why is this inapropos? > > As for 5 being the number, if you have a six-day week (or a four-day > week) you still have some opportunity to vote within a seven-day > span. And I'm not forgetting lengthy holidays - I just don't think > we can provide for them in the bylaws. We could insist on the Truce > of God during August and enforce inactivity during the college > football bowl season ... > > But it seems you're agreeing with my anyway, perhaps against your > better judgement. > > regards, Terry -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo@eng.Sun.COM XML Technology Center | Phone: (650) 786-5498 Sun Microsystems Inc. | fax: (650) 786-5727
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