[Foundation-l] Election results?

Tue Jun 15 07:56:17 UTC 2004

jheiskan at welho.com wrote

>I agree that it wouldn't be mischaracterization to call Eriks and Florences 
>competition a virtual dead heat. 
>
>I might modify mavs suggestion though. As there is a potential problem of vote
>ties if one trustee or another cannot participate in board votes (if any); why
>not hold Eric as a substitute trustee (assuming he is willing). Attending all 
>meetings, and being a voting trustee on those occasions that only four of the
>trustees can be in on the meeting. I do not know how feasible this would be in
>regard the laws and bylaws; so if that would not be feasible, in that case mavs
>suggestion sounds quite as good, even though perhaps suffering from the 
>possibility of tied votes; which might have to be addressed. 
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The bylaws say that the Board can do whatever it wants. However an 
ad-hoc interpretation of the voting results after the vote has concluded 
would hardly fill me with confidence. If you want a 6th board member, 
have another vote, with well-defined rules.

-- Tim Starling