[OSGeo-Conf] Voting Review

[Dave McIlhagga]

Paul,

Allowing the Chair's vote to become the tie breaker (ie an extra vote) seems like the best approach to me.

Dave


On 2013-07-28, at 12:20 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like the option of giving the chair an extra vote in the event of a tie
> 
> Steven Feldman
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> 
> On 28 Jul 2013, at 16:34, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> 
>> So, this years voting was pretty orderly, and we had full
>> participation from committee members, so I won't be out hunting for
>> scalps again this year.
>> 
>> We did, however, have the small matter of the tie incident (again!).
>> 
>> While theoretically, having an odd numbered committee is a fix, in
>> fact this year we had 13 members, but 3 recused. So we ended up even
>> anyways.
>> 
>> Another fix would be to declare the chair non-voting except in the
>> case of a tie, or to give the chair an extra vote in the case of a
>> tie.
>> 
>> P.
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