This is true, and something I didn't even think of.  Ballot stuffers don't
seem to be able to have the impact of a good proposal.  If they did, some
pretty strange schedules would probably have emerged by now. :)

On 12/1/11 10:35 AM, "Ross Singer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Also, I should note, that the alleged pandering has not helped them
>much, if at all, so far.
>
>-Ross.
>
>On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Richard, Joel M <[log in to unmask]>
>>wrote:
>>> I feel this whole situation has tainted things somewhat. :(
>>>
>>
>> Let's not blow things out of proportion.  The aforementioned
>> wrong-doing actually seems pretty innocent (there is backstory in the
>> IRC channel, I'm not going to bring it up here).  There is a valid
>> case for advertising interest in your talks (or location, or t-shirt
>> design, etc.), especially in an extremely crowded field, and we've
>> never explicitly set a policy around what is appropriate and what
>> isn't.  I think a simple edit on the part of the "accused" would clear
>> up any ambiguity of intention.
>>
>> Our one "known" incident was handled privately, but didn't really
>> cause us to address the potential for impropriety.
>>
>> We seem to have quite a bit of support for the splash page.  If people
>> will help me draft up the wording -- ideally something we can point to
>> when we want to guide people in the right direction in other forums --
>> I think we can put this issue to bed.
>>
>> -Ross.