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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our charter says
"Chairs can either be designated by consensus of the MMWG or by a 2/3 vote." So
if we want to go by the book, unless we can reach consensus on another chair I
think we should vote until another candidate gathers 2/3 of the votes -- or
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I'm not sure I understand Bertrand's
proposal. What happens in the case we have the following situation where V are
voters and A, B and C the 3 candidates ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Luc Faubert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>ISOC Québec</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mmwg-bounces@wsis-cs.org on behalf of
Jacqueline Morris<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 2006-02-16 07:14<BR><B>To:</B> Vittorio
Bertola<BR><B>Cc:</B> mmwg@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mmwg] Important :
procedure for runoff election<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ok - sorry.<BR>Can we have some discussion on this until the 18th,
then?<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/16/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Vittorio
Bertola</B> <<A href="mailto:vb@bertola.eu.org">vb@bertola.eu.org </A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Bertrand
de La Chapelle ha scritto:<BR>> Dear Jacqueline,<BR>><BR>> I am a bit
sad. I made a very simple and argumeted proposal for this<BR>> second
round, suggesting that we allow for two votes instead of one<BR>> only.
Justification is reiterated below in the copy of my previous mail.
<BR>><BR>> Unfortunately, you are calling for a second round of
elections with the<BR>> traditional single vote rule, without any mention
of the alternative. I<BR>> suppose you and others simply did not notice my
mail in the flurry of <BR>> exchanges. This is OK . I trust
you.<BR><BR>Actually, I thought that it was so clear that your suggestion was
a good<BR>one that it didn't need explicit support, but if it needs some, here
is<BR>mine.<BR>--<BR>vb.
[Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] <A
href="http://bertola.eu.org">bertola.eu.org</A>]<-----<BR><A
href="http://bertola.eu.org/">http://bertola.eu.org/</A> <-
Prima o poi...<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Jacqueline
Morris <BR><A
href="http://www.carnivalondenet.com">www.carnivalondenet.com</A><BR>T&T
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