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  4. From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
  5. Subject: Re: PROPOSAL:  Yes votes >= 200+2*No Votes
  6. Message-ID: <Bzn3Hr.K2E@unix.amherst.edu>
  7. Organization: Elitist Usenet Administrators, Turkey Division
  8. References: <28cry7p@lynx.unm.edu> <EMCGUIRE.92Dec21100505@mother.intellection.com> <1992Dec21.191558.28303@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:41:51 GMT
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  12. In article <1992Dec21.191558.28303@ennews.eas.asu.edu> sridhar@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman ) writes:
  13.  
  14. >Can u please explain why the 100+ rule is obsolete? I can give you
  15. >atleast 2 examples for groups which passed by wafer thin margins and
  16. >are far healthier than groups which passed by 400+ votes. IMO, the
  17. >100+ rule is still doing a wonderful job of what it is meant for.
  18.  
  19. Sounds to me from this example as if the minimum number of votes on a
  20. group has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on its volume.
  21.  
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  23. ____ Tim Pierce                / 
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