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== The first message == |
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<blockquote> |
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Subject: New "election-methods" list<br/> |
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From: Rob Lanphier</code> <ref name="robla-at-eskimo">robla@eskimo.com was Rob's personal email address at the time.</ref><br/> |
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Date: Thu Feb 15 21:34:05 PST 1996<br/> |
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To: [elections-reform, election-methods]<br/> |
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<p> |
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I'm starting up an "election-methods-list" list to discuss single-winner |
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reform, the relative merits of different PR systems, and the technical |
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underpinnings of all election methods. This list is intended to |
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compliment, not to replace, the existing "elections-reform" list. |
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</p><p> |
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Please continue to discuss the various electoral reform movements in the |
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U.S. and throughout the world in the "elections-reform" list. |
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"elections-reform" is still the best forum for discussing strategies used |
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in reform campaigns, specific legislation addressing reform, and |
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educational material about reform. |
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</p><p> |
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What is the difference, you ask? "election-methods-list" discussions will |
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most likely be more technical in nature, with the ultimate goal of |
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providing recommendations and educational material to the members of |
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"elections-reform". There have been complaints in the past that |
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discussions on "elections-reform" have been too technical, and |
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"election-methods-list" has been created to offload the more prolific |
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technical discussions to "elections-reform". It lets folks use |
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"elections-reform" to stay abreast of current activity in electoral |
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reform without fear of their inbox exploding. |
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</p><p> |
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To subscribe to "election-methods-list", send mail to majordomo at eskimo.com |
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with no subject line (any subject will be ignored), and the following one |
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line in the body of your message: |
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</p><p> |
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subscribe election-methods-list |
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</p><p> |
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My apologies to anybody who stumbled on the web page that I set up a week<br/> |
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ago at [https://web.archive.org/web/19970817085911/http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/politics/index.html http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/cpr/election-methods.html] and tried <br/> |
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to subscribe (and failed, because the list didn't exist yet). In the time I<br/> |
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was waiting for the list to get set up, I set up the web page.<br/> |
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Everything should *now* work according to the instructions on that page.<br/> |
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</p/><p> |
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That's all there is to it. Let me know if you have any questions about <br/> |
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the new list.<br/> |
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</p><p> |
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Thanks,<br/> |
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Rob Lanphier<br/> |
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[<insert Rob's old email address here>]<br/> |
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[https://web.archive.org/web/19970825175036/http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/ http://www.eskimo.com/~robla] [<< Rob's old website] |
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</p> |
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</code></blockquote> |
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== Footnotes == |
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<references/> |
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Revision as of 01:01, 16 February 2021
On February 15, 2021, the election-methods mailing list is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
The first message
Subject: New "election-methods" list
From: Rob Lanphier [1]
Date: Thu Feb 15 21:34:05 PST 1996
To: [elections-reform, election-methods]
I'm starting up an "election-methods-list" list to discuss single-winner reform, the relative merits of different PR systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods. This list is intended to compliment, not to replace, the existing "elections-reform" list.
Please continue to discuss the various electoral reform movements in the U.S. and throughout the world in the "elections-reform" list. "elections-reform" is still the best forum for discussing strategies used in reform campaigns, specific legislation addressing reform, and educational material about reform.
What is the difference, you ask? "election-methods-list" discussions will most likely be more technical in nature, with the ultimate goal of providing recommendations and educational material to the members of "elections-reform". There have been complaints in the past that discussions on "elections-reform" have been too technical, and "election-methods-list" has been created to offload the more prolific technical discussions to "elections-reform". It lets folks use "elections-reform" to stay abreast of current activity in electoral reform without fear of their inbox exploding.
To subscribe to "election-methods-list", send mail to majordomo at eskimo.com with no subject line (any subject will be ignored), and the following one line in the body of your message:
subscribe election-methods-list
My apologies to anybody who stumbled on the web page that I set up a week
ago at http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/cpr/election-methods.html and tried
to subscribe (and failed, because the list didn't exist yet). In the time I
was waiting for the list to get set up, I set up the web page.
Everything should *now* work according to the instructions on that page.
That's all there is to it. Let me know if you have any questions about
the new list.
Thanks,
Rob Lanphier
[<insert Rob's old email address here>]
http://www.eskimo.com/~robla [<< Rob's old website]
Footnotes
- ↑ robla@eskimo.com was Rob's personal email address at the time.