On 27/10/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
This "experiment" needed to be concluded by someone and it seems that the board haven't taken any steps in this direction. Two options when it comes to concluding this experiment are declaring it a success and making it permanent or declaring it failure and ending the ban. Since the motivation for the trial was PR and since the ban has probably done more net harm than good, I welcome Gregory Maxwell's initiative.
I agree, it's a good idea. That doesn't give any individual the right to say "we're doing this on such and such a date". This should have been proposed, not stated.
That's a matter of wording. GM proposed this using the language of statement (an effective technique to get things done). Ultimately, if enough are/were opposed to the proposal, it wouldn't be carried out.