in the coordinating committee a conversation took place http://www.kpftx.org/archives/pnb/coordinating/050601/coordinating050601b.mp3 Dan Coughlin is claiming...
A resignation is much like a committee report. The PNB can act to accept it, reject it, or act on it. The PNB cannot, however, force someone to remain if they...
Coughlin resigned. He can not unresign after the effective date of that action. The Board could not refuse to allow him to resign, 13th Amendment to the...
I agree with both Mark's and Steve's conclusions that Coughlin resigned with a specific effective date, and under Article 9, Section 3b, the resignation became...
I can see one exception to this now, however... Under the By-laws, the ED is the "president" of the Pacifica Foundation, and not the CEO (potato, potahto, I...
Q1: Would the Chair have the authority as an 'executive order' to override the resignation in lieu of an actual PNB meeting? Q2: Between Robert's, the By-Laws,...
... I guess the PNB is ignoring this: http://www.glib.com/coughlin_resignation_letter_04-11-2005.html Or did they simply forget about it? Jeez, this is some...
According to the Bylaws (Article Fifteen, Sec 1, A(5)(d)): " If there is a tie as to the candidate with the least number of votes, the candidate to be first...
Yes. If there is a need to eliminate a candidate, and there is a tie for lowest vote getter, the previous round is checked to see which of the tied lowest vote...
... <snip> ... It is understood that the question is asked in the context of a bylaws review rather than solely to determine appropriate current protocol, so...
It should be noted that no mechanism is given in the Bylaws for resolving tied largest surpluses. Nevertheless largest surpluses, when tied, may need to be...
... <SNIPPED> ... <SNIPPED> That might be a way to prevent a candidate from bringing a challenge, but it wouldn't prevent a member of the corporation from...
... SNIPPED> Let's think about that. Why would a "largest" surplus tie ever need to be resolved? First of all, there is no such thing as a "surplus" in an...
... <SNIPPED> ... Batch transfers of lowest ties are not used UNLESS there is no mathematical possibility of the transfer affecting the result, then batch...
... therefore, ... Candidate A may belong to one faction, and Candidate Z to another, opposing faction. Say there are three seats up for election. One has...
As I read the hypothetical there is definitely something missing. ... If this happens then by definition both Candidates A and Z are winners and the election...
... <double snipped> ... CP Pro from Voting Solutions (http://www.votingsolutions.com/) is the currently available software "acceptable" for Pacifica STV...
... Just to clarify in case anyone is wondering why: it is the mathematical certainty created by the formula which establishes the threshold number in the...
... winners ... existant ... This is wrong because candidates can be elected without having reached the threshold. This is a result of all ballots not being...
Arrrgh, you're right! Make it four seats up for election. Now it works. Jack Candidate A may belong to one faction, and Candidate Z to another, opposing...
I was about to explain why you're wrong and in the process I have come to see that you're right. Tied surpluses don't matter, they can be distributed in any...
... Wait a minute. That was overstating. The sequence of transfers has an impact, because it determines which ballots skip to the next choice, and which ...
Jack, Please excuse my question if the answer seems too obvious to you to need a question, but I had not understood this before, and I want to make sure I am...
... to need a question, but I had not understood this before, and I want to make sure I am understanding you. If Candidate A has already been elected, but...
Below is a sample STV election for four seats. There is a tie in the first round between candidates 2 & 3. Depending on which surplus is transferred first,...
Jack, I know how fun and frustrating it is to work these out because they seem like sixties op-art when considering the possible permutations. Sometimes the...
Jack, I can't make heads or tales out of the list of numbers you provided. What does "1.00) 3. 1. 4" mean in the first round? I thought you said that ...
On 23 Jun 2005, A. Gregory Wonderwheel wrote (in response to the idea of candidates agreeing to a method for resolving ties not authorized ... Good point. Of...
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