Re: [xtm-wg] MOTION: Charter revision - definition of absolute majority

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

Eric -- or a proponent of this motion -- can someone, for the sake of
the arithmetically challenged, give an example of the misreading and
the kind of vote it would affect? I just want to know what I'm voting
for.

S.


--- Eric Freese <eric@isogen.com> wrote:
> MOTION: Alter the text contained in paragraph 3.2.1 of the
> TopicMaps.Org
> charter to read:
> 
> "Absolute majority" shall mean a number of votes V is greater than or
> equal
> to ceil(N/2.0)
> 
> where 2.0 is a real quantity, N is a real quantity equal to the total
> number
> of voters, minus the number of abstentions, at the time that the call
> for a
> vote is issued pursuant to section 3.3.2, / is a floating-point
> division,
> and ceil() is the ceiling function which is defined to round the
> number away
> from zero to the nearest integer.
> 
> ========================
> REASONING:
> 
> The current definition is easily misread (I did it).  This makes the
> wording
> in 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 more consistent.
> 
> ========================
> 
> This motion requires a 2/3 majority to pass.  Ten (10) "YES" votes
> are
> required for this motion to pass.
> 
> The voting period shall run from February 6, 2001 through February
> 14, 2001.
> 
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