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Commit de9b7f7b authored by Richard Eisenberg's avatar Richard Eisenberg
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Make the vote not exceptional

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1 merge request!54Add mechanism for temporarily increasing board size
......@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The final votes are processed by the Schulze algorithm to produce a ranking
of candidates, including the special candidate "That's it". All candidates listed
above or tied with "That's it" would normally be invited to join the board.
If the resulting board size would be more than 14, we must take a *board size
exception vote*,
vote*,
described in the next subsection:
we wish the board to remain agile enough to hold group conversations, and yet
also want the flexibility to accept a large crop of excellent volunteers.
......@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Once candidates are selected, they are contacted by the Chair in rank
order and invited to
join the Board, with the Chair working down the list if anyone declines.
The Chair stops this process if either:
* the Board reaches size determined by board size exception vote
* the Board reaches size determined by board size vote
* the Chair reaches "That's it" in the ranking
If either of these conditions happens in the midst of a tie in the ranking,
the Chair sends invitations to all final tied candidated. (That is, if there are 13 members of the
......@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ This voting system has been used for several years by the GHC Steering
Committee. While somewhat complex to describe, it is easy to understand and
use as a voter and works well in practice.
## 7.6. Board Size Exception
## 7.6. Board Size Vote
These rules suggest that the board size is capped at 14. However, an exceptional
crop of candidates may come along, encouraging us to increase our size. This
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