While I want to stress my position that there is nothing wrong with advertising your proposal (including the source of this now-too-long thread), it *would be* out of line to ask everybody in your organization to vote for your proposal (outside of the exceptional workplace -- such as Gluejar or Equinox -- where everybody might actually have an interest in Code4lib). I think it's important to point out that we have no transgressions; just a cautionary tale. We've known for some time that our current system is vulnerable to (likely unwitting - as Jonathan's email pointed out) abuse and our simple splash screen proposal would probably solve any potential issue. -Ross. On Thursday, December 1, 2011, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think that it's not out of bounds to ask people for c4l votes unless you're offering tangible rewards in exchange for said votes. "Tangible rewards" as used here shall in no circumstance be construed to apply to any offers of beer or its nonalcoholic equivalent. "Non-alcoholic equivalent" as used here, shall in no way be construed to imply that there is such a thing. >