On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:59:22PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > Maybe what we really need in mixed-supermajority votes is to make > explicit which options support which other options. To illustrate > the need for this, consider this vote, with results identical to > yours: > A - rename Technical Committee to Non-Technical Committee > and change its role accordingly (2:1 required) > B - leave Technical Committee alone > D - Further discussion > I think you'll agree that in this case, it's not reasonable to count > a B A D vote as support for the supermajority requirement for A. (If you > don't agree, then please explain, because then I'm really missing something > in your argument.)
What that vote is saying is that "I'd rather finish the issue, and have A
win, than keep discussing it". Personally, I'd expect anyone who didn't
want A to happen under any circumstances to have voted B D A, and I'd
only want supermajority provisions to come into effect then.
> One way to fix this could be to separate the "default option" and
> "superminority" roles, so that there would be an explicit "Maintain
> status quo" option that does not invite further discussion.
For the DPL elections, you convince the current leader to re-nominate. For
other GRs, you make an amendment that says "keep doing what we're
currently doing". I would continue treating the "default option" as the
"superminority" option, though.
Consider a vote:
A -- remove non-free
B -- keep non-free, and everyone else STFU
C -- further discussion
It seems fairer to me to bias towards further discussion, than a decision
that we can't agree on.
Cheers,
aj
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