voting for the chair

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

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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