Re: re 7 days for voting

[Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@eng.sun.com>]

> 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

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