On 15337 March 1977, Sam Hartman wrote:
In fairness, I'd recommend that the nominations period be extended for some explicit time. I think that we want to have a known window for new nominations rather than say starting the campaigning as soon as someone nominates themselves.
§5.2.4 to the rescue. (Something I also missed earlier). --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- For three weeks after that no more candidates may be nominated; candidates should use this time for campaigning and discussion. If there are no candidates at the end of the nomination period then the nomination period is extended for an additional week, repeatedly if necessary. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- So basically we are now having one more nomination period week. -- bye, Joerg