I think this mail, while perfectly reasonable, shows why this should not 
be a decision each board can make.

Any board can make life difficult for a particular member, this is a 
fact of life, but they should not then get to decide whether to accept a 
replacement based on whether they like the next guy or not. This makes 
the temptation for abuse too great, and the abuse is that of the voters 
will. Therefore such decisions should be made either by a third party 
(like elections or squeak-dev) or preferably by following a fixed policy 
(such as "quits not replaced, majority quits means new elections").

BTW, I am not suggesting such abuse is occurring now, or occurred last 
time.

Daniel

Craig Latta wrote:
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>      My own preference would be for the next-ranked person to take your
> place, particularly since that person (Todd Blanchard) would be new to
> the board.
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>      Please let us know your decision.
>
>
>      thanks!
>
> -C
>
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> Craig Latta
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