Hi Bakis

> they are only 10 open polls at the moment. all these open polls are created by other group members and not me, so i just wanted to respect their freedom and allow these members to end their polls when they wanted to.
> that's why i left them open, not due to bad moderation.

Ok, then I would be a worse moderator and close these after 14 days.
They guys, should feel lucky that you are the moderator instead of evil
me. ;-)

> if i leave a poll open for only a week, i think that the number of voting members will be even lower. i think two weeks is a nice time frame. not too long and not too short.

Thats ok with me. But I would restrict the polls of individual members
to this time frame too.

> regarding the huge list of closed polls (dating back from 2001!) these do not get in the way at all, and i leave them there just for historical value. (they make a fun read.)
> [...]
> i still believe that the low number of participants is the main reason for the limited usefulness of some polls.

Thats where the arguments come back like the cat bites its tail. I say
the low number of participants is due the fact of too long lasting polls
and too many obsolete viewable polls.

The question is, what do you want to achieve with these polls Should
they be a market research instrument, or should they be plain fun (ok,
this is described very black-and-white'ish). This is a private list and
it is not a part of marketing department of the company "Doepfer". So it
is your choice.

Florian