Re: voting for the chair

[Raul Miller]

On 2/28/06, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, that seems to settle the issue and confirms me as the chair.

Excellent.

And, hopefully, we can have any ambiguity about the next
chair rotation(s) resolved relatively soon.

Thanks,

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Raul

Re: voting for the chair

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:04:40PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> 6.1.7: ... "the committee votes starting one week before the
>post will become vacant (or immediately, if it is
>already too late)." 

>  So, the voting period started when Ian said he was stepping down.

>"The vote finishes when all the members have voted, or
>when the voting period has ended."

>  So, no short circuit  "when the outcome is no longer in doubt".

>   "The result is determined using the method specified in
>   section A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure. "

> Since nothing is said about the voting period, I would say it
>  defaults from the section 6.3 Procedure:

>   6.3.1 ... "There is no minimum discussion period; the voting
> period lasts for up to one week, or until the outcome
> is no longer in doubt. Members may change their
> votes. There is a quorum of two.

>  The since 6.1.7 explicitly talks about  the ending period, it
>  overrides the general procedure, but the period of one week applies
>  from 6.3.1.

Thanks, that seems to settle the issue and confirms me as the chair. 

> Of course, a GR to disambiguate section 6.1.7 would be OK too :)

Agreed.

Cheers,
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Re: voting for the chair

[Anthony Towns]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:04:40PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Of course, a GR to disambiguate section 6.1.7 would be OK too :)

I think we should consider this -- the constitution talks about the technical
ctte proposing resolutions (4.2(2)(2)), but if we're going to, we probably 
should
make sure we're able to commit to rotating chairs or different vote handling or
whatever else we think's appropriate too.

Cheers,
aj


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voting for the chair

[Manoj Srivastava]

Hi,

6.1.7: ... "the committee votes starting one week before the
   post will become vacant (or immediately, if it is
   already too late)." 

 So, the voting period started when Ian said he was stepping down.

   "The vote finishes when all the members have voted, or
   when the voting period has ended."

 So, no short circuit  "when the outcome is no longer in doubt".

  "The result is determined using the method specified in
  section A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure. "

Since nothing is said about the voting period, I would say it
 defaults from the section 6.3 Procedure:

  6.3.1 ... "There is no minimum discussion period; the voting
period lasts for up to one week, or until the outcome
is no longer in doubt. Members may change their
votes. There is a quorum of two.

 The since 6.1.7 explicitly talks about  the ending period, it
 overrides the general procedure, but the period of one week applies
 from 6.3.1.

Of course, a GR to disambiguate section 6.1.7 would be OK too :)

manoj


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