Hello David, Le Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:03:21 +0800, David Nelson <comme...@traduction.biz> a écrit :
> Hi, :-) > > Having been given permission to proofread and revise the initial > draft, I presumed it would be OK to do the same for subsequent > amendments. I hope I did not overstep myself there; if I did, please > say so and I will, of course, desist. However, I came up with a > revised text as below (it simply states exactly the same things, but > re-worded). > thank you a lot for this!!! > It seems that there are still some big ambiguities that would need to > be resolved: > > "The Chairperson is elected by a special electoral college comprised > of the BoD, the AB and and the ESC (however, ESC members who are also > members of the BoD can only cast one single vote in this election, > regardless of their membership of both bodies). The vote by this > special college is not decided by the votes of the individual members > taken as a whole; instead, each respective body holds a vote among its > members, and returns a nomination of one candidate (a specific list of > names, or one name only, will have been submitted by the BoD and the > AB). The three bodies therefore arrive at a shortlist of three > nominees. If one of the three nominees has a majority within the > shortlist (has two votes out of three, or is a unanimous choice), the > outcome is deemed to be decisive and the electoral process is > concluded. However, if three different people are nominated, then a > conciliation process takes place, with the aim of eliminating one > nominee and making a choice between two nominees only. The > Chairperson's term of office is two (2) years, but he/she can serve as > many terms as are seen fitting." > > 1) "(however, ESC members who are also members of the BoD can only > cast one single vote in this election, regardless of their membership > of both bodies)": So which body do they cast their vote in? How and > when is that decision taken? The choice could change the outcome of > the voting. Right, that sounds clunky so let me clarify: members of the ESC who are also members of the BoD only vote at the BoD and not at the ESC. Is it better? > > 2) "(a specific list of names, or one name only, will have been > submitted by the BoD and the AB)": How would the list be drawn up? > Perhaps you need at least a cross-reference to another clause in the > bye-laws that resolves that question? If there's only one name, then > there would be no point in voting at all... I can clarify that, but in essence I guess 1)people will nominate themselves to the BoD and 1)that the BoD as well as the AB can nominate someone. > > 3) "However, if three different people are nominated, then a > conciliation process takes place, with the aim of eliminating one > nominee and making a choice between two nominees only.": That could > give rise to a difficult situation... Yes. :-) > IMHO, you would need to > establish a clear procedure for this, to avoid some tense deadlocks in > the future... Well, I think we can submit the Chairman's choice to the popular election then (understand the TDF contributors). Best, Charles. > > HTH. > > David Nelson > -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
