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

[Martin Holmes]

I must say I'm not in favour of putting everyone in the poll whether 
they want to be chair or not, and then generating rankings that are 
guaranteed to put some poor soul at the bottom -- most likely someone 
who's just joined the Council and is already feeling a bit daunted, who 
would be ranked low because most of us would assume they haven't found 
their feet enough to be able to be chair, but might end up feeling 
spurned before they ever even got to a face-to-face meeting.

And over and above the issue of hurting people's feelings, it's never a 
good idea to thrust someone into a position they never wanted, as James 
says.

Cheers,
Martin

On 13-10-30 03:42 PM, Paul Schaffner wrote:
> FWIW, I cannot recall ever disagreeing with Sebastian, and I am
> happy to agree with him once again (both in favor of openness,
> and in the idea of simply ranking people -- dismaying as that may
> turn out for those of us who come out at the bottom of the ranking).
>
> But if we go for an elaborate double-authenticated secret polling system
> instead, I'm fine with that.
>
> pfs
>
> ps But I of course despise both Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013, at 18:33, Sebastian Rahtz 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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Martin Holmes
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