Re: Constutituion, tech. ctte, timing
Hi,
I have no strong feeling on this subject, but I think I would
prefer to give the charperson a say in the running of the technical
committee affairs by having a general vote.
The rationale: We should have a technically competent person
as the chairperson of the committee in the forst place, if one of the
responsibilities is leading the discussion, coaxing a consensus, and
representing the committee to the outside world. Given that, it seems
horribly backwards not to let this person affect genral votes in the
committee, and loose the benefit of that expertise.
Additional beneficial side effects: this is a more egalitarian
approach within the tech committee.
I guess that giving the charperson two votesd (regular and
casting) may well be too much power, and maybe we should have an odd
number of people in the committe to make ties less likely.
In case the chairperson only has a regular vote, and no
casting vote, there should be a process for resolving deadlock. Like
asking the President to vote (the president too should be technically
competent).
It is not as if the president has not been involved in the
tech committee; he does have a role in intial appointments.
manoj
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