TU votes were never meant to be secret, it only came about as the implementation of the voting application. We don't live under a violent military coup or anything. You should be able to identify with your thoughts in a free society. The discussion period is there for people to voice any concerns, if that creates tension - so be it. I hope we aren't all wimps that can't take a little bit of conflict. I'd like to know that our Trusted Users are able to voice their opinions and uphold the Arch Way, etc.
Cheers.
That's a nice strawman argument which completely disregards social psychology and the real reason for secret ballots, even if a TU vote means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of the universe. You're also confusing the discussion period with post-electoral discussion, which are two very different things. Invoking others to "uphold the Arch Way" in this context is completely without meaning and seems to be nothing more than a baseless emotional appeal that goes hand-in-hand with the previous strawman argument. I'm actually surprised to see such a crude statement. If you really feel that way, change the TU interface to make the voting public and display each TU's vote next to his or her name. Now, as I wouldn't want Loui to think I'm a wimp, I had better confess that I abstained from the vote and explain why, despite the fact that I consider this unproductive. I simply didn't feel strongly enough either way. As already mentioned, it is quite apparent that Laszlo is technically competent but the concerns raised in the last discussion period have not completely vanished. Laszlo sent me an email about a month ago to ask if I had noticed any improvement concerning issues that had been previously raised, to which I replied that I had noticed a change in behavior and that I was sure others had noticed as well. I also mentioned a minor point which I had noticed. Simultaneous though the email itself was reminiscent of the way that the first application was approached and I asked myself how many other TUs he had approached with a similar email in order to garner sympathy. I stand by my reply to Laszlo in that I think he is on the right path but I was still hesitant to vote yes and thus abstained in order to leave the vote to others who have stronger opinions. I'll end this here before I suppress the wimp in me and flesh out my reply to Loui's post.