Even with an odd number it may be not all board members are able to vote
at a given time. Usual rules are that the chairperson does not vote
except to break ties. 

 

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[mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of
Casey Ransberger
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:31 AM
To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Elections

 

In the event of not enough board members, should we choose five rather
than e.g. six, such that votes wouldn't be hung? Or appoint someone to
break ties? The philosophers rarely bring enough forks for spaghetti
anyhow, and an extra cause of deadlock would be bad. 

 

Andreas does make a good point. There is a contingency here that we
might consider planning for, even if it is an edge case. And I really
like my bowler.

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Colin Putney <colin at wiresong.com>
wrote:

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
<merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Wacknitz <a.wacknitz at gmx.de> writes:
>
> Andreas> What if there are less than 7 candidates?
>
> It makes the election much simpler. :)

To put it another way, it's possible for a seat to be empty. If there
aren't enough candidates at election time, then (1) all the candidates
we do have automatically get elected, and (2) one or more seats are
left empty. The board can function without all the seats filled.

Colin





 

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