Re: [ga] IMPORTANT: One comment from Mr Touton in a Teleconference does not a rule make

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:01:19 +0200, you wrote:

>At 14:22 30/03/2001 +1200, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>>At 16:58 29/03/01 -0500, Joanna Lane wrote:
>>
>> >In conclusion,  I move that the so called "rule of ten" be dismissed by a
>> >formal motion of the GA voting assembly, then the NC will have the guidance
>> >they obviously need.
>> >
>>
>>Seconded.
>>There is nothing to stop us from proceeding with an election of all
>>endorsed candidates.
>
>Indeed, the GA, by its own rule, has no choice but to proceed with an 
>election from all the candidates endorsed by 2 or more people.
>
>And I believe that the NC wishes to follow the result of such an election.
>
>But *in order to make sure nobody can challenge the NC decision to do so*, 
>it would be a Good Thing to have all relevant candidates have 10 or more 
>endorsements.
>
>If we are to become an organization that follows the rules, we have to 
>follow the rules, not cavalierly dismiss them when they get in our way.
>Even when the rules in question are a result of not thinking things through.

The way I read the rules is that for our internal election we only
need two endorsements.  Once we have had our internal election we will
formally nominate just one candidate to the Names Council (the winner
of the internal election) and that candidate will have probably 20+
formal endorsements to meet the NC criteria.

DPF
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