solex said: Abstentions can be recorded by "ABSTAIN ZZZ" or abstain and list number

Votes against count as -1, while abstentions count as zero. Click to expand...

BUIP043: AGAINSTBUIP046: FORBUIP047: FORBUIP048 2,5,7,11,14,15: FORBUIP048 1,4,6,9,10,13: AGAINST(Abstain on other membership candidates)H5pwHrgKUi0hDtQHkfQsNYUYWlyiieqdepfMaQGw671TOycNU+HPjvszG+Q/+jqCi5P9jOa9FR8P+7intjNb+js=With apologies to all the members I didn't support. I hate having to do this, but I agree with @awemany that we have to be very careful at this stage that we know something about the people we're granting voting rights to. If I voted AGAINST you please don't take it personally - it will be because I couldn't find enough history of you in the Bitcoin space, particularly with respect to your opinion on the issues we care about in BU. (Those few I abstained on were the ones I was on the fence over, but ultimately decided there still wasn't enough for me to support at this stage.)EDIT: I also feel somewhat hypocritical about doing this, given how uncomfortable I felt about having to be 'vetted' to join myself. But we are where we are,the Bitcoin civil war, and needs must. I hope that anyone who fails to be elected this time round isn't discouraged from participating in a non-voting capacity, or indeed from reapplying in a future membership round.Re BUIP043, this looks like useful research, and I hope you find funding, but I don't feel it has sufficient relevance to us to support the BUIP.[doublepost=1489434159][/doublepost]I presume also that abstentions don't count towards quorum? It would be a bit weird if someone could be elected with dozens of abstentions and one vote for.