Matthias Urlichs writes ("Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members"):
> Or, if we want an odd number of members, let three members step down
> every two years.We do want an odd number of members, I think. And 9 is better than 7. This produces a very "lumpy" transition, where a third of the committee's makeup changes. There is also the difficulty that our voting system is not good at multi-seat elections: if out of candidates A1,A2,B1,B2 51% of electors prefer A* to B*, we repeated Condorcet elects A1,A2 when A1,B1 would be better. I think running one election per year would be about right. Doing that with a committee of 9 would result in, on average, 9 year term limits. I would suggest that the rule should be "longest serving member retires and is ineligible for immediate reappointment". Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
