Re: [Fwd: [ga-full] RE: [ga] Voting rules, take 4]

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 10:43:02AM +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> At 09:55 23.06.2000 +0200, Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
> 
> >Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I move that we vote on Harald's proposal.
> > >
> >I second it.
> hey - before we go to the vote, could I propose an amended version?
> I think we want 2/3 approval on this vote (rule change), and it would be a
> shame if those who think the rules for complex elections are wrong would 
> vote against it on that basis, leaving us with nothing.
> 
> I'll ship an amended version that says:
> 
> - this is for single-outcome votes only, other kinds of votes will be
>    addressed later
> - if no alternative gets enough votes to be accepted, the vote is termed
>    inconclusive, and the chair may issue a new ballot.
> - the threshold is 1/2 for ordinary votes, 2/3 for rule changes
> 
> OK?

Yes.  OK by me.

Kent

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Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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