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

[James Cummings]

Hrmmm. We seem to have some disagreement then. Some people feel 
that an entirely open vote with it obvious who voted for who is 
the right thing because it is open and transparent, and some 
believe that in having a secret ballot where it isn't known who 
voted for who is the right thing because it encourages people to 
vote more honestly.

Am I summarising the two points of view correctly?

-James


On 30/10/13 23:16, Hugh Cayless wrote:
> You are not a minority of one. :-)
>
> Sent from my phone.
>
>> On Oct 30, 2013, at 18:33, Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 30 Oct 2013, at 22:26, Kevin Hawkins <kevin.s.hawkins at ultraslavonic.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> While Council members have in recent years gotten along well enough that
>>> they feel comfortable with public voting, there's a good reason that
>>> democratic systems have tended to move from open to secret ballot rather
>>> than the other way around.
>>
>> I would note the Board has not (I believe) ever had a secret ballot for its
>> chair, or in its selection of Council chair.
>>
>> I instinctively feel that open ballots are more likely in the long term
>> to promote harmony, but I am probably in a minority (possibly of one).
>>
>> Secrecy is the Great Enemy of our age, after all. Please don't tell
>> me I am alone here in being on the side of Edward Snowden and Julian
>> Assange.
>>
>> (but don't worry, I will go along with whatever is decided).
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