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, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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