<div dir="ltr">I do not believe that the Board needs to agree on internal committee governance. In the end, if the Board disagrees with the recommendation by the Conference Committee, they have final approval anyway.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Jachym Cepicky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com" target="_blank">jachym.cepicky@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 for the chair's 1.5 vote<br>
<br>
but<br>
<br>
does not board have to agree on that? Till now, board was the body,<br>
which had to deal with the tie<br>
<br>
Jachym<br>
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Dne 29.7.2013 15:08, Dave McIlhagga napsal(a):<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Paul,<br>
><br>
> Allowing the Chair's vote to become the tie breaker (ie an extra vote) seems like the best approach to me.<br>
><br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 2013-07-28, at 12:20 PM, Steven Feldman <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I like the option of giving the chair an extra vote in the event of a tie<br>
>><br>
>> Steven Feldman<br>
>> 07958 924 101<br>
>><br>
>> On 28 Jul 2013, at 16:34, Paul Ramsey <<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> So, this years voting was pretty orderly, and we had full<br>
>>> participation from committee members, so I won't be out hunting for<br>
>>> scalps again this year.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We did, however, have the small matter of the tie incident (again!).<br>
>>><br>
>>> While theoretically, having an odd numbered committee is a fix, in<br>
>>> fact this year we had 13 members, but 3 recused. So we ended up even<br>
>>> anyways.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Another fix would be to declare the chair non-voting except in the<br>
>>> case of a tie, or to give the chair an extra vote in the case of a<br>
>>> tie.<br>
>>><br>
>>> P.<br>
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