From: rphenry@home.com 
  
 "Woodchuck Bill"  wrote in message 
 news:Xns95606A421DF82bswr607h4@130.133.1.4... 
 > "Richard Henry"  wrote in 
 > news:0Gi0d.28290$9Y5.23942@fed1read02: 
 > 
 > > How about a grandather clause:  voters whose votes have been accepted in 
 > > previous votes are considered to be "registered". 
 > 
 > So, someone sees an RFD/CFV posted in his favorite newsgroup. The proposal 
 > is for a new group..the person is very interested in creating this new 
 > group. The person has three years of posting history in his favorite 
 > group..a very well respected contributor. He has never voted on a CFV 
 > before, and he did not register prior to the posting of the first RFD 
 > because he had no idea this proposal was in the making. There are 
 > dozens..potentially 100 or more valuable posters on the given topic that 
 > are denied the ability to vote because they never voted on a CFV before, 
 or 
 > because they weren't clever enough to register months before they even 
 knew 
 > about the proposal. 
  
 Good point.  My first interest in news.groups was from a similar situation: 
 rec.skiing.alpine -> r.s.a.moderated.  I'll bet that most of the voters in 
 that vote were first-timers. 
  
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