On Mar 2, 2013, at 7:40 AM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote:

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> On 02/03/2013, at 2:44 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote:
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>> OK - I'm going to draft this up and start a vote now.
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> I don't want to derail the voting process, but would like to clarify this 
> part:
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> recommend a new chair through consensus via a lazy 2/3 majority
> voting method.  In the case that consensus is not achieved, the PMC
> will vote for a chair using Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting.
> ---
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> At first, I thought the first part meant voting on a number of candidates - 
> but reading this thread it seems you meant:
> - take nominations, discussion ensues
> - if there is one name settled vote to confirm the decision to present to the 
> board
> - if there's not a single name, then use STV
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> Is that right? It may need a bit of clarification on what the first vote is 
> about - but I don't think that should change the vote in progress.

That was the intent, yes.

I'll propose a slight clarification to the wording in the vote thread.

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> Cheers,
> Brett
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