Re: Result for vote regarding new members for the board of directors

>>>>> In article <20030223062620(dot)GH11626(at)deadbeast(dot)net>, Branden
>>>>> Robinson / SPI Treasurer <branden+spi-treasurer(at)deadbeast(dot)net>
>>>>> writes:

> [why did you CC Manoj?]

I don't mind. My mail handling system is competent enough to
deal with duplicates.

> Debian's voting system is required to have properties that take it
> afield from the strict Condorcet Cloneproof/SSD method. Quorums,
> default options, and supermajorities are all mandated properties
> under the Debian Consitution, for instance.

> I don't see the harm in letting SPI experiment with slightly
> simpler methods.

I think I want to express the opinion that in this case,
having a default option would have better allowed me to express my
preferences, and would have been less surprising to people
unaccustomed to condorcet voting.

manoj
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