In article <3ulvg5$l1@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, clamage@Eng.Sun.COM says...
>
>In article 4xt@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl,
baynes@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl (Stephen
>Baynes) writes:
>>Andrew Koenig (ark@research.att.com) wrote:
>>
>>: Of course there is: that's what the committee voted for.
>>
>>: The main advantage of a democratic process is that the result is
>>: acceptable to a large number of people.  That is also the
>>: main disadvantage.
>>
>>I hardly call the committee a democracy - they are not even elected. ...
>>
>>Stephen Baynes
baynes@mulsoc2.serigate.philips.nl
>>Philips Semiconductors Ltd
>>Southampton                                 My views are my own.
>>United Kingdom
>
>Sure they are. Every organization with a legitimate interest in C++ can
elect
>its own representative. If you are not employed by such an organization,
you
>can even elect yourself to represent yourself. That seems to me to be more
>democratic than the governmental systems of the US or the UK. Can Philips
>Semiconductors get a vote in Parliament?** It can get a vote in X3J16. The
>"poll tax" for voting in X3J16 is higher than for voting in the US or UK,
>but much less than the cost of becoming elected to Parliament or Congress.
>No campaigning is necessary, only one self-electing letter.
>
>**Please, no jokes about buying legislators.
>---
>Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
>
>
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Assuming that a person elects themself...

What do you anticipate the annual cost of holding "office" is...???

 1. < $1,000 per year
 2. < $5,000 per year
 3. < $10,000 per year
 4. < $20,000 per year
 5. < $40,000 per year
 6. < $80,000 per year
 7. > $80,000 per year

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