geoffrey - we are on the same page now
there was bigsky's campaign and there was also a formal vote which the article you quoted referred to
and just as a reminder to all this is the result of that formal vote -
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are:
For: 1,316,734,815
Against: 107,000,788
Abstain: 11,962,366
the little guys carry no weight at all