RE: New motion (was Re: [ga] nomination procedures)

[Mark Perkins <MarkP@spc.org.nc>]

I also support the single candidate proposal

Mark Perkins
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-----Original Message-----
From: idno@tallship.net [mailto:idno@tallship.net]
Sent: 16 November 1999 02:36
To: Christopher Ambler
Cc: ga@dnso.org; Andy Gardner
Subject: Re: New motion (was Re: [ga] nomination procedures)


Yes, I am of the understanding that in order to withdraw a motion one
would need the consent of the person seconding. I believe Andy is of this
understanding too, and would urge him to reconsider his wishes, as he has
garnered the support of at least 5 individuals on record by my count with
respect to his first motion to put forth one candidate.

Those individuals are, according to my records:

	1.)	Andy Gardner
	2.)	Christopher Ambler
	3.)	Myself (Bradley D. Thornton)
	4.)	Roeland Myers
	5.)	Mark Langston

NOTE: Mark's support was not stated as specific to the single candidate
proposal, but rather, Karl Auerbach's nomination in this proposal.

Notwithstanding that, and until there is clarification as to the
understanding I have made above, I would also lend support to a two
candidate approach, but hesitantly, as I do not believe that the NC can
defy this body if we give them the opportunity to choose to either accept
or deny the single candidate that we put forth.

Furthermore, I am not of the current mind to support a motion to present
more than either one or two candidates to the NC for selection.

Finally, I would have to check to see just who, under Andy's proposal, the
person who received the second amount of support in the GA DNSO
nominations was before I could decide to support this motion as it is.

I do know that it was in fact Karl Auerbach that received the most in the
nominations, not Mr. Quaynor ( forgive me if that is mis-spelled). And
although that the idea I presented here to the GA for the presentation of
a single candidate was not tied to recent nomination processes, my blanket
endorsement of Karl Auerbach is the reason that I supported Andy's flavor
of that idea.

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Christopher Ambler wrote:

> > "That the two people who received the greatest support from the DNSO GA
> > during the GA board membership nominations be put forward to the NC as
the
> > two nominees chosen by the GA for the GA chair position."
> 
> While I'm happy to second this and have it considered, I still think the
> "select one candidate and present it to the NC" is a very good option,
> and would like to see it considered as well.
> 
> Christopher
>