I have observations (1) Why is the IPMC different from other PMCs and holding a personnel VOTEs on a public ML?
(2) Why is there such a hurry to call a [VOTE] without a prior [DISCUSS]? (3) Why can't Chris start new threads by using New Message rather than a reply to a prior thread with a subject change? Regards, Dave On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Ate Douma wrote: > >> On 02/09/2012 05:58 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well, if there's an election, the fair thing is to include all candidates >>>>> and see who gets the majority. A vote on just one candidate is odd. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed. >>>> >>>> I suggest that this VOTE be withdrawn, and a true election, >>>> with all candidates be done. >>> >>> What's preventing anyone from calling a VOTE on any other candidate? Of >>> which, >>> as I understand it, there are none. >>> >>> Noel is the existing chair. If this VOTE is *not* successful, then he >>> remains the chair. >>> If it is, successful, then the recommendation is to change him out as the >>> chair. >>> >>> Did I miss something by actually "trying" to make progress here? >> >> For one, how or when would you call this vote successful? > > The same way we could if there were 2 people on the ballot. Max(votes), with > the greater number being the winner, no? > > There is little difference but implementation mechanism for: > > a. holding a single VOTE thread with 2 candidates > b. holding 2 VOTE threads with a candidate each. > > And then summing the total votes in either case. > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
