On Wed, 21 May 2003 21:57:13 +1200, Nick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 07:27:21PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: >> Here, the vote(s) for B caused A to win. >> >> Other examples are possible (for example: 19 ABD, 1 BDA). >> >> > > To make your proposal work right, we'd need a separate quorum >> > > determination phase which is independent of the voting phase. >> > >> > i fail to see that argument. >> >> See above. > I don't believe that it's acceptable for an otherwise beaten option > to win due the the otherwise winning option being discarded due to a > quorum requirement, as John suggests might happen. Quite. But Johns amendment does not solve this, really -- all he does is remove all per item quorum requirements, which is likle throwing out the baby with the bath water. > I also don't believe that it's acceptable to break the Monotonicity > Criterion. I am glad we agree. > If a winning option would be discarded due to quorum requirements, > then I think the vote should probably be considered void. I tend to agree. If someone would write up an amendment which encapsulates this, without getting rid of the concept of per item quorum needs, I would accept that in the GR. Aj, if you could write up something about the minor flaws you see (including renaming the RATIONALE to something saner), I would consider that too. I am away from home, and my keyring, and can only snatch short periods of connectivity to the net, so I would appreciate it if someone took the lead in writing up these modification (or wait until I get back home on the weekend). manoj -- A friend of mine won't get a divorce, because he hates lawyers more than he hates his wife. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C