The advantage of including it was to reduce the number of separate announcements needed. Two separate votes on internal TB procedures will feed the perception that we only twiddle our thumbs here. See if you agree with me after reading the second part of this post!
Thanks to Smaug we can correct our technical errors on the technical correction.
Revise paragraph 3.B.ii.c in a technical correction:
c. The presidential elections shall be conducted as follows: Any candidate garnering more thanat least 2/3 of the total TalkBoard vote in the primary presidential vote shall be immediately declared the winner. If there are more than two candidates in the primary vote and receive votes but none receives 2/3 of the total vote then a final vote shall be held between the top two vote-getters. If there is a tie for second place, all the tied candidates shall be included in the final vote. In the final vote, the President shall be decided by a simple majority vote. If there are no more than two candidates for President, then there will be no primary election before the final vote and a simple majority will elect.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I think anything that requires a vote by TB deserves its own thread, and I'd rather new verbiage be put in post #1, not posted in the middle of an existing thread.
But on the topic of TB Prez election (which shouldn't be put in the middle of a thread on term limits which we're seeking input on IMO), you were working from old verbiage &
smaug caught what TB members did before they voted:
"On 16 Jan 2011, the TalkBoard unanimously passed:
Moved by Markie and seconded by jackal:
The TalkBoard recommends that the following amendments be made to the TalkBoard Guidelines:
Section 3, paragraph ii, sub-paragraph c be replaced with the following text :
The presidential elections shall be conducted as follows: Any candidate garnering 2/3rd of the total TalkBoard vote in the primary presidential vote shall be immediately declared the winner. If there are more than 2 candidates in the primary vote and none receive 2/3rds of the total vote then a final vote shall be held between the top two vote-getters. In the final vote, the President shall be decided by a simple majority vote. If there are no more than two candidates for President, then there will be no primary election before the final vote and a simple majority will elect. "
I'm considering starting a new thread on term limits & posting in post #1 the verbiage/motion we're considering since this thread is long, and has gone sideways, first w/ mod discussions & now discussions on TB election which had been addressed earlier this year.
When asking for public comments pro/con, I'd like us to at least semi-stay on the topic.
Cheers.