At 16:31 -0400 2002-04-24, Rebecca S. Guenther wrote:
>Well, I was thinking that since it was a formal request we should have a
>formal ballot. And in that case we already know that a number of us will
>vote no on principle so that it won't pass. You get a proposal, you weigh
>the proposal and you vote even if the outcome is clear.

In SC2 we sometimes get requests to add Arabic presentation forms or
Devanagari half-forms. Because we have taken a resolution not to add
such forms, we do not waste committee time voting on it. Instead, we
return the formal request to the requester explaining why it can't be
dealt with.
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