Call for comments on IRCC nominees

Terence Simpson kubuntu.tsimpson at googlemail.com
Fri Dec 18 04:16:48 UTC 2009


Nathan Handler wrote:
> I have gone ahead and made a few more changes to the IrcCouncil wiki
> page. While doing so, I noticed this line "The Council will have a
> chairman with a casting vote, appointed by the Community Council".
> After asking around, I was told that this chairman is a member of the
> IRC Council who is chosen by the Community Council. In the case of a
> tie during a vote, this chairman is able to break the tie and make a
> decision. However, if we require a majority of the IRC Council to be
> in agreement for a decision which requires a vote to be made, we will
> need >= 3 +1's or >= 3 -1's. This makes it impossible for their to be
> a tie. Therefore, is there really a need for such a chairman?
>
> Nathan
>   
There are to be five (5) members of the IRCC, so if 4 are present, two
+1 and two -1, there is a tie.

Terence





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