On 1 September 2010 20:47, Thorsten Töpper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:09:38 +0100 > Peter Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 September 2010 at 08:38 Xyne wrote: >> > You have misunderstood my proposal. The phrase "active throughout >> > both the discussion period and the voting period" is not the same >> > as "active". >> >> On Wednesday 01 September 2010 at 18:37 Eric Bélanger wrote: >> > If your intention is to allow new TUs to vote but not have the >> > quorum affected if they don't, you should modify your amendment >> > (feel free to rephrase): >> > >> > "If a TU is added to the group or declare himself as active during a >> > discussion/voting period, then this TU is allowed to participate in >> > the vote at his discretion. He is only counted in the quorum >> > calculation if he has voted." >> >> I think this is basically the right idea (and I'm also not a TU but) >> I personally think it would get confusing if the quorum varies. In >> the interests of simplicity, clarity and fairness, my view would be >> that a quorum should be fixed for the lifetime of a vote, so that >> everyone participating knows. >> >> This could be done either a) including the new TUs or b) excluding >> them (though they would still be eligible to vote). I would argue for >> (b), since this way new TUs missing a vote by days, hours or minutes >> after their own election don't affect the quorum. >> >> Perhaps a simpler alternative would be to add to Xyne's original >> wording (which is very clear): >> >> > Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences >> > with a discussion period of 5 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting >> > period of 7 days. The quorum is counted among TUs who are active >> > throughout both the discussion period and the voting period. >> >> Adding: >> >> > This is only used to calculate quorum and does not prevent any TU >> > from voting. >> >> HTH, >> >> Pete. > > Another wording which I find easier to understand would be a > modification of the new sentence introduced by Xyne from: > "The quorum is counted among TUs who are active throughout both the > discussion period and the voting period." > > to: > "The quorum is counted among TUs who are active at the point of time > the voting is started at the AUR but every TU is allowed to vote." >
I like this one. Even when not beeing a native speaker I find it perfectly clear. Lukas
