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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.