Hi Tweets,

Though not qualifying for 'Civilisation-At-The-Brink' status, this is one of
those issues which requires a decision which either way a perhaps-sizeable
fraction of the membership won't be happy with while the remainder pops
champagne corks.

Well, we've had the change. Though the period immediately following has and
will have some predictable chaos (and to be honest, it hasn't been a *real*
pain, though personally speaking I find it a more inconvenient way and
prefer the previous 'reply-to-all' default), I'd suggest that we haven't yet
given it enough time for fair trial; why not let it go to the end of
January, give it an *honest* appraisal--not to mention giving it a
chance--and revisit the question in the first week of February?

If people then want to vote on the question of whether to retain the current
'reply-to-sender' default or return the default to the alternative
'reply-to-all', I'll volunteer to accept and tabulate votes privately
between February 01 to February 07 and post the result on February 08. In
this instance, I believe a simple majority (50% + 1) should suffice, and I
would encourage all members to vote, but if someone can offer a compelling
argument for any other type of majority, let's have that discussion out in
the open.

If there is a clear simple majority, the membership can then request Dan
Victor to set the default to the majority-mandated default. Given that it is
Dan's list, his decision is--quite properly--final; if he decides to follow
majority opinion in this, he at least has a firm statistical basis.

Comment?

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)