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

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

YES
--- Eric Freese <eric@isogen.com> wrote:
> It is because I, myself, seem to be arithmetically/reading
> comprehension
> challenged at times.  On several occasions, on reading the definition
> I have
> misread the "greater than" in the current charter as "equal to".  I
> always
> have to do a double-take and read it more carefully to get the
> meaning right
> (my problem, I know).
> 
> The wording change DOES make the definitions in 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 more
> consistent.
> 
> Also, in the scheme of determining voting ratios, rounding up is
> almost
> always used instead of rounding down, probably for that reason.
> 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sam Hunting [mailto:sam_hunting@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:31 AM
> > To: xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] MOTION: Charter revision - definition
> > of absolute
> > majority
> >
> >
> > 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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