[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[Matt Russell]

On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 20:26 +0200, Kristian Lyngstøl wrote:
> Many people are not satisfied with how we're voting on a name, we
> should respect that.
> 
> I therefor suggest we void the current vote, and restart the process.
> To make it fair and democratic, this is how I suggest we do it:
> 
> We give people 5 days to suggest names. ANY name is welcome to be
> suggested in this period of time. There is no discussion at this
> point. A strict deadline is kept.
> 
> After the period is over, the suggestions are posted here, and only
> here. You will all reply to the person in charge (I'll do it if there
> are no objections) and any name receiving more than 2 complaints will
> be removed. There is a 48 hours limit on when to complain. People are
> urged to complain based on similarities and such, not personal taste,
> but no real reason is needed.
> 
> After the 48 hours, the revised list is posted again. And another 24
> hour period to complain will commence.
> 
> If the list is too large, another 24hour round of complaints will
> commence, where complaints based on taste can be taken into account.
> 
> After this 24 hour period is over, the finished list is posted. There
> is no complaint process after this, but a 24 hour cool-down before a
> poll is posted. This is a "just-in-case" period, where people may
> comment, but ideally, it should not affect the final list. The final
> poll is posted after this, and will go on for one week.
> 
> This will (yet again) delay the naming process, but there are too many
> good complaints about existing names and the way the poll is handled
> to ignore this problem.
> 
> The person in charge of the process should not require a good
> complaint, that's why it is required to have more than just one. A
> short one, like "coral - numerous other projects, see www...com" or
> "Blitz - Radical semi-political organization in Norway and refference
> to WWII" should be enough, even if the person in charge does not agree
> with it being a problem.
> 
> Input on this?
> 

This sounds like a good idea to me. The only thing that might be a
problem is the number of complaints required; I fear that we will be
left with no (or very few) proposals by the time the voting starts. I
have no objections to you being in charge for this.

Thanks,
Matt