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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Vote process change proposal
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> I think having clearer rules about what lobbying is permitted, and
> introducing some rules on who can vote on what would be a better way
> of limiting the effect of lobbying.

And pretty soon we'll have 100-page law codex about rules of campaigning
and campaign expenditures and what can be said to whom in which place in
whose presence. All of which of course would be completely unenforceable
but breed more and more allegations of violations and mistrust and
gamesmanship. And this is to limit the mythical "effect of lobbying" the
existence of which is absolutely without proof. I think this is a
solution is desperate search of a non-existing problem. Let's just
recognize "lobbying" in our case is called "discussion" and try to make
it productive instead of disabling it.
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com