<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Gert Doering <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gert@space.net" target="_blank">gert@space.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">
</span>Well, the assumption is that we're not going to have an in-rush of<br>
volunteers, so in many cases it will be "one of the existing chairs<br>
is asking for re-affirmation and the WG is happy" or "one of the<br>
existing chairs is stepping down, and the WG is fine with the single<br>
volunteer for replacement".<br>
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We do not want to spend large amounts of precious WG time on voting<br>
with paper ballots, counting, etc. - which could easily take half an<br>
hour or more.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is entirely reasonable.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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So, we go for "the participants agree on a candidate, in whatever form<br>
this will be expressed (humming, show of hands, withdrawal of the other<br>
candidates, ...)", and if that turns out to be non-working, we'll have<br>
to come up with a formal tie breaking mechanism by the next meeting.<br>
<br>
(This actually was one of the reasons why the WG chair collective could<br>
not agree on a common policy. Half of us wanted something lightweight<br>
and not time consuming, while the other half wanted "something more<br>
formal").</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It's a bit puzzling, though, that there couldn't be a multi-tiered process, e.g.:<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1. If there is only one candidate, and no controversy, take the model you're proposing.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2. If there are two candidates, hold an election with ballots and whatnot.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">3. If there are three or more candidates, go Condorcet all the way, baby!<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br>Jan
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