To All OpenMPE Members:

The decision to not release the vote counts was a Board decision.  Upon 
reflection this seems to have been a poor choice.  We are presently polling 
the Board to reverse that initial decision.  So far, the only reason I have 
heard for not releasing the vote counts was that we did not do it last 
year, which I do not think is a very good basis for making any decision.  
(We had forgotten that we did release the vote counts for the 2004 
election.)  I cannot think of any important reason to not release the vote 
counts for 2006.

So far, the Board is voting by E-mail affirmatively to release the vote 
counts.  I predict that they will be released next week.  We appreciate our 
members interest in this process and will keep you informed.

John Wolff
Vice Chair
OpenMPE, Inc.

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On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:59:43 -0800, Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Ron Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>John, what's the board's view on the release of these details?
>--
>
>  I say release them, or change the name to "Not so OpenMPE"
>
>  -Craig