[Foundation-l] Licensing update vote result

Fri May 22 06:10:42 UTC 2009

Robert Rohde wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Marco Chiesa <chiesa.marco at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> The licensing update poll has been tallied.
>>>
>>> "Yes, I am in favor of this change" :  13242 (75.8%)
>>> "No, I am opposed to this change" :  1829 (10.5%)
>>> "I do not have an opinion on this change" :  2391 (13.7%)
>>>
>>> Total ballots cast and certified:  17462
>>>       
>> I think this is a very good result, in particular the turnout looks great to me!
>> Congratulations to all who have worked hard to get to it, and I hope
>> there will be a board resolution soon.
>>     
> As was commented on elsewhere, the 2008 Board Election only had 3019
> votes, which also suggests the turnout this time was remarkable.

At the risk of stating the obvious it's easier to cast a yes/no vote 
than to rank 15 candidates.

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