I am confused. There was no proper " I do not want to candidate anymore mail." But maybe my English is not good enough.
A one candidate vote is something completely different as between 2+ candidates. Such a step should be well thought of if this is really the right step. Also I would like to know how do you count votes for Carl if he has resigned, which I doubt. Not so happy peter Am 14. Dezember 2017 00:14:32 MEZ schrieb Marcus <marcus.m...@wtnet.de>: >Maybe not known for everyone, I want to point out the following: > >Please use the VOTE thread *only* for voting. For discussions it is >best >to open a new [DISCUSS] thread to leave the voting clean from >discussion >stuff. > >Now back to the question "Why is the vote still going on?": > >I don't see a need to cancel the vote as: > >1) it is allowed to change your vote as often you want as long as the >vote is still open. > >2) we need a "[0] Abstain" way to express, e.g., "I cannot support the >volunteer (due to reason X) but also don't want to vote with -1". With >a >lazy consensus instead vote you need to write *in any way* why you >don't >want to have the volunteer as chair. > >3) the remaining volunteer is still here and willing to take over. So, >what would be the advantage of cancelling this vote and starting a new >vote with only Peter as electable person? ;-) > >My 2ct > >Marcus > > > >Am 13.12.2017 um 13:38 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> I am not sure about the rules, but it is not uncommon that one >nominee >> resigns and the remaining one gets votes... ;-) >> >> Regards, Matthias >> >> >> Am 13.12.2017 um 13:29 schrieb Peter kovacs: >>> I do not understand. :( >>> But isn't the vote then invalid? >>> >>> Am 13. Dezember 2017 12:09:47 MEZ schrieb Matthias Seidel ><matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>: >>>> [x] Peter Kovacs (petko) >>>> >>>> Although he is the only candidate now... ;-) >>>> >>>> Regards, Matthias >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 08.12.2017 um 20:53 schrieb Marcus: >>>>> End of October I wrote that I would like to resign from the Apache >>>>> OpenOffice PMC Chair position. I'm the chair a bit more than 1 >year >>>>> and until now we have rotated the role every year. >>>>> >>>>> Luckily we have 2 volunteers: Carl and Peter. Therefore please >vote >>>> by >>>>> replying to this thread. >>>>> >>>>> [ ] Carl Marcum (cmarcum) >>>>> [ ] Peter Kovacs (petko) >>>>> [ ] Abstain (I cannot/won't choose between them) >>>>> >>>>> The [VOTE] will close in about 7 days (Fri 15 Dec 2017, 21:00 >UTC), >>>> to >>>>> give all PMC members the opportunity to participate. For a >converted >>>>> time fitting to your location see here: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20171215T2100 >>>>> After the vote: >>>>> I will submit a resolution to the Board asking to be replaced by >the >>>>> most voted of the 2 candidates. The plan is to submit the >resolution >>>>> for the Board meeting on 20th December 2017, so that it can be >>>>> effective right after that. >>>>> >>>>> PS: >>>>> The next board report is due for mid January and of course I will >>>> help >>>>> the new chair with this but also other chair tasks. >>>>> >>>>> Marcus > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
