On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 09:31:44AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Before we can decide on the current proposals before us, I believe we need > to settle the issue of the Chair, so we have a mechanism to call a vote. > > As I understand the current situation, Raul and myself are the only two > candidates, and the current vote is split evenly between us: > > Member Vote > > Manoj Dwarf > Raul Dwarf
Actually, I've voted for both you and me -- I'm most interested in getting a chairman quickly. > Dwarf Raul > Ian Raul > > We need at least one more vote to make this final, and so far neither Klee > or Guy has been heard from at all. I've gotten private email from Guy, and sent him a personal copy of the committee email that I had on hand. I expect to hear from him again real soon now. > I may not be correct, but it was my understanding that the DPL was also, > "automaticly" a member of this committee. Even if that is not to be the > case in the future, I believe we should treat him as an honorary member > and ask him to break the tie. If no one objects to this proceedure, we can > then get on with the business at hand. I have cc'd "our fearless leader" > on this posting so we can get his feedback as well. If anything it's the other way around -- the project leader cannot hold the position of technical committee chairman. More official actions that could be taken to straighten this out are: (1) add a couple more people to the committee [would increase quorum by one and add two voting members]. (2) remove Klee from the committee [requires that the project leader and the committee agree -- presumably if the remainder of us could agree that he should go, and Wichert agrees, that would suffice]. Then 3 people would constitute a majority and that would be that. (3) some or all of us could change our votes. [For example, if Manoj could stomach me as committee chairman that would be the end of the matter -- and I'd be the same chair if he agreed to drop Klee from the committee.] (4) Guy could vote.. [Or, for that matter, Klee could vote.] -- Raul
