[tei-council] Electing a TEI Technical Council Chair for next year.

[Hugh Cayless]

For my part, I strongly prefer systems where bureaucracy only kicks in if it's needed. I think it's best to assume goodwill and competence and only to "fail over" to formal procedures when that assumption has failed.

That said, I assume the goodwill of everyone here :-) so I will go along with the consensus, whatever that is.

Hugh

On Oct 30, 2013, at 5:37 , Peter Stadler <stadler at edirom.de> wrote:

> Am 29.10.2013 um 23:03 schrieb Fabio Ciotti <fabio.ciotti at UNIROMA2.IT>:
> 
>> In general I think it would be nice to have a formal procedure since
>> we cannot foresee if future composition of the Council could generate
>> conflict (I guess not, but...), especially if there is more than one
>> candidate.
> I second that opinion. 
> And I agree that in cases where there is only one candidate it suffices to confirm the election per acclamation.
> *But* in all other cases I really do think a secret ballot is best --  and I even do not want the returning officer to know my vote. Put the other way round, I can see no benefits in going without a secret vote?! 
> Why not use opavote as we are doing for the council and board elections? As far as I can see it's free for our purpose and it's secret in the sense that no one sees the actual votes.
> 
> Best 
> Peter
> 
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