Hi Ainaechoiriel,
thank you for Amnesty day !
> Now two Europeans have voiced concerns about Amnesty Day and
> the lengths of voting periods.
>
> While I do encourage discussion of policies, I don't make
> many changes,
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> However, I want you also to see the other side of the coin.
> The MEFAs need
> to be workable for the voter/readers, but also for the
> administration. I
> have a hard enough tiem getting the necessary number of vote
> counters.
Thank you also for your expansive explanation.
All I wrote about lengthening categories I meant to go for next year.
Though the Amnesty period was meant for this year ;-)
But I understand your problems now better.
> So, if it's 12am here in Missouri (Chicago is also Central
Thank you for mentioning the state Missouri.
> That said, I'm going to fill you in on a little trick (for
> those of you using an e-mail program-
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> Check the settings on your e-mail program to see if this is
> workable for you.
Thank you for this tip, it is workable for me.
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> Feel free to go and add your country/time zone.)
Will do.
>
> (And don't worry about Yahoo lags. We've had some delayed
> posts here and in
> the MEFAStaff group, but the timestamp on all of them still
> showed the time
> they were sent, not the time they arrived. So if your stamp
> says 12:02 am
> Oct. 31st (It shows in the reader's time zone, thus I'll see
> when it is sent
> in Cental US) but doesn't show up on the YahooGroup until
> 1:24am on Nov.
> 1st, it will still be counted because the timestamp will show
> it was sent on time.)
Thank you for this information.
> Now, who wants to help count votes for Amnesty Day?
Count me in at Amnesty Day.
For now I'm too much in struggle to read stories and write votes
when real life allows it.
Many thanks again for all your efforts you invest in this project
Elanor