+1 for solution 1)
7 members is a good number

Le lun. 26 avr. 2021 à 20:58, Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com> a écrit :
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> Hi Chris,
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> Now that voting has started there is no way to remove your name. Plus people have already voted and I'm sure some have already voted for you. You can suggest that people not vote for you but we don't have rules for this situation.  The options are:
> 1. to exclude your name if you are elected and seat the 8th person on the list
> 2. You can resign after being elected and we would have 6 board members
> 3. We can seat the first 5 board members since our rules state that we should have an odd number.
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> Board Seats
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> The squeak community does its best to elect 7 board members each year. In the event that less than 7 board members run or less than 7 are elected (see Voting for None of the Below) the next largest ODD number of board members will be elected to the board. The requirement for an ODD number of seats is to ensure that tie votes can be broken. For example, if 7 candidates run and 6 are elected, the highest 5 ranking board members will serve on the board.
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> I would prefer option 1 because it makes the most sense to me.  It would be good to get feedback from the Squeak communities.  If everyone agrees we can just ignore Chris's name on the ballot.
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> All the best,
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> Ron Teitelbaum
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> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 2:17 PM Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Okay, now that we have 7 candidates, there's no need for me to run anymore.   Please remove me from the list of candidates.
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>>  - Chris
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>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:48 PM Bruce O'Neel <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch> wrote:
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>>> What!?!?!  There is still time left?
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>>> Ok, I'll throw my hat in the ring as well.
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>>> I have used Squeak for 20 some years for fun projects.  Before that for a few glorious hours I had my hands on a Tex 4404 Smalltalk system and lusted for a Smalltalk of my own ever since.
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>>> My involvement has been to keep the planet Squeak site somewhat up to date and to keep debug Linux VM build errors.
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>>> cheers
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>>> bruce
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>>> 23 April 2021 19:31 tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
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>>> I want to add emphasis to a few words from John-Reed
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>>> > On 2021-04-23, at 10:22 AM, John-Reed Maffeo wrote:
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>>> > I encourage anyone who is interested in Squeak to consider becoming a board member. It is a good way to learn more about Squeak as a project, and help keep development moving forward.
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>>> Please don't think there is some need to be a Soopa-Uber-Hacker of Squeak in order to be a valuable Board member. If you love Squeak, if you have some time and effort you can spare to help keep the community going, then you'd be an asset.
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>>> tim
>>> --
>>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>>> Oxymorons: Resident alien
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