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Clarify selection process of new board members

Merged Richard Eisenberg requested to merge new-member-selection into main
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@@ -306,12 +306,19 @@ to email the Secretary directly and thus keep their preferences more private.
Because the votes can contain explanations, some Board members may choose to
update their votes. This is allowed up until April 1; only the final vote counts.
If the result of the election would lead to a Board of greater than 14, only
If the result of the election would lead to a Board of greater than 14 (as
counted at the end of April 1), only
enough applicants are selected to bring the total size of the Board to 14.
(This effectively moves "That's it" up in the rankings.) In the event that the
size-14 cutoff falls in the middle of a tie, the tied applicants are not
appointed. (This keeps the Board at a maximum size of 14.)
Once candidates are selected, they are contacted by the Chair and invited to
join the Board. If any selected candidate does not accept this invitation,
then the next candidate further down in the ranking (up to the original location of
"That's it") is invited, continuing until either "That's it" is reached or a size
of 14 is reached.
For example, suppose Soomin Kim, Chris Young, and Jens Pedersen are applying.
One ranking might be
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