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

[Martin Holmes]

On 13-10-30 04:32 PM, James Cummings wrote:
>
> 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?

I think so. Perhaps we should have a secret ballot first about whether 
we want to have an open ballot or a secret ballot.

Cheers,
Martin


> -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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>

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Martin Holmes
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