Subj : Re: FTSC Election
To   : Todd Cochrane
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Wed Nov 27 2002 11:23 pm

 -=> On 11-26-02  20:58,  Todd Cochrane <=-
 -=> spoke to All about FTSC Election       01/02 <=-

 TC> Joe Sysop #1 8-Yes 8-No <--- Elected <<<---See Note 8

   This should not be, see below.

 TC> Joe Sysop #2 7-Yes 9-No <--- Not Elected
 TC> Joe Sysop #3 9-yes 7-No <--- Elected
 TC> Joe Sysop #4 8-yes 2-No 6-Abstain <---Elected
 TC> Joe Sysop #5 7-yes 5-No 3-Abstain <---Not Elected

    This should not be, see below.

 TC> If more than 30 candidates are nominated the RC and REC will be
 TC> limited to voting (Yes) 30 times. NOTE:The RC's and REC are not
 TC> obligated to vote for 30 candidates. All candidates must receive a
 TC> majority or 50% of those RC and REC voting to be elected. Any candidate
 TC> unable to obtain a majority of 50% will not be elected.

   50% is not a majority, it is a tie.   A majority is anything more
   than 50%.

   Also, it is not best practice to count "abstain" votes as if they
   were "no" votes.  What they are is simply acknowledgement of the
   process, not a vote.   In this case where R*s are voting on up to 30
   candidates, I would expect that they might reasonably be expect to
   vote "YES" for those they liked, "NO" for those they thought were not
   qualified, and leave blank (i.e. "ABSTAIN") those about whom they are
   ambivalent.


                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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                  Co-Moderator, National Cooking Echo


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