I don't think only including one option (i.e. "yes") in the ballot would be appropriate, and I had similar (yes/no) ballots for other "uncontested" elections in OPNFV.
I actually started the voting process a day early. Would people feel better if I re-do the ballot with "Chris Price" and "Abstain" as two options? As of right now, 19 people voted... On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Ulrich Kleber <ulrich.kle...@huawei.com> wrote: > Hi, > > can you help us understand what it would mean to vote “no”? > > What will happen if most voters would vote “no” according to the Delaware > Corporation Law? > > ( I don’t think it will happen, but since you have allowed the option ....) > > Thank you, > > Uli > > > > *From:* opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org [mailto: > opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org] *On Behalf Of *Raymond Paik > *Sent:* Sunday, 25 September, 2016 21:31 > *To:* MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) > *Cc:* opnfv-...@lists.opnfv.org; opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org > > *Subject:* Re: [opnfv-tech-discuss] Voting for the OPNFV Committer Board > Election > > > > Al, > > > > Yes, maybe in future elections with only one nominee that'd (candidate & > abstain) be a way to go. Thanks for the feedback. > > > > Unfortunately, selection by acclamation wasn't an option for OPNFV based > on the Bylaws and the Delaware Corporation Law (where OPNFV is > incorporated). Had to spend a lot of time with outside councils on this > topic a few months ago.... > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ray > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 12:18 PM, MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) <acmor...@att.com> > wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > > > For an election with one Candidate, I expect to > > vote for the Candidate or abstain. In other orgs, > > this would have been selection by acclamation, > > without the ballot. > > > > The ranking of “Yes” and “No” choices is visible to me, but > > choices of “Chris Price” and “Abstain” would have been more clear. > > The meaning of Yes/No wasn’t clear me, despite the instructions > > “give each of the following choices a rank…” > > > > Anyway, I think the equivalent of Acclamation is > > a likely outcome, and I appreciate that this must have been > > a corner case for you to handle with Condorcet, so if others get it, > > great. J > > > > thanks, > > Al > > > > *From:* Raymond Paik [mailto:rp...@linuxfoundation.org] > *Sent:* Sunday, September 25, 2016 2:59 PM > *To:* MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) > *Cc:* opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org; opnfv-...@lists.opnfv.org > *Subject:* Re: [opnfv-tech-discuss] Voting for the OPNFV Committer Board > Election > > > > Al, > > > > Do you not see two options ("Yes" or "No")? I actually see that a few > people voted already, so I'm not sure if others are also having the same > problem.... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ray > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:50 AM, MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) <acmor...@att.com> > wrote: > > Since there’s only one choice, the ballot page is > > a little confusing. It appears all you can do is > > click Submit, as there is no ranking to do. > > > > Al > > > > *From:* opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org [mailto: > opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org] *On Behalf Of *Raymond Paik > *Sent:* Sunday, September 25, 2016 2:46 PM > *To:* opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org; opnfv-...@lists.opnfv.org > *Subject:* [opnfv-tech-discuss] Voting for the OPNFV Committer Board > Election > > > > All: > > > > For committers that are eligible to vote (https://wiki.opnfv.org/ > display/DEV/2016+Committer+Board+Election+-+Committers+List) in > the Committer Board election, you will be receiving an email from "Ray Paik > (CIVS poll supervisor)" to cast your vote. Please note that the email will > not be coming from my Linux Foundation email address and if you can't find > the email (incl. in your spam folder) in the next several hours, please let > me know. > > > > As I noted in my earlier email, although we only have one nominee we still > need to have an election so I encourage everyone to cast their vote. You > can find the nomination statement at https://wiki.opnfv.org/ > display/DEV/Nomination+for+the+2016+Committer+Board+Election. The poll > will close at 5pm Pacific Time on September 30th. (Friday). > > > > Thanks and let me know if you have any questions. > > > > Ray > > > > >
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