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From: "Angie Rayfield" <>
Subject: RE: [BOARD-L] Motion 06-03
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:49:49 -0600
In-Reply-To: <441E2DE2.3000508@adelphia.net>


Question - what harm would come if a possibly ineligible person is
allowed to be included in a preference poll? This is not an election,
after all, just a way to ask the members of the project for their
opinion.

The EC procedure has long been that if there is a question of voter
eligibility, then the person gets a vote. Since in this instance, it's
not an election that can be determined by a single vote, is there some
harm that would befall the project if the grievant is allowed to vote in
the poll?

Angie

>-----Original Message-----
>
>Either we vote to accept the status of ineligible or we allow him to
>vote and be a part of the poll. It is critical decision, because if we
>allow non-members to vote and run for the office, then we will set a
>precedent that will negate the membership standards we apply to all
>other members, do we apply membership to a person who, fairly or not
>lost the rights of membership by delinking, or do we say "sorry, but
>the rules are clear and you are not eligible to hold office or vote?"
>

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