Re: Bylaws Revision: VOTING

From: kevind(at)rahul(dot)net
To: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bylaws Revision: VOTING
Date: 1999-04-17 11:41:03
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"Nils Lohner" <lohner(at)spi-inc(dot)org> writes:

> - add basic some definitions:
> Simple Majority: >50%
> Majority: 2/3 (or >2/3 ?)
> Super Majority: 2/3 + 1, or maybe 3/4?

Please don't define majority to be two-thirds. Majority is a
well-defined term which means more than half. Redefining majority is
a bad idea. When a two-thirds vote is needed, it is easy to state
"two-thirds vote". Off hand, I can't think of a need to distinguish
between two-thirds and two-thirds plus one. I would choose two-thirds
because it is simpler.

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