Nathan Zook Posted February 17, 2019 at 05:57 AM Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 at 05:57 AM 19 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: I understood the question to be about the parliamentary situation. So are you Jack Sprat, or am I? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 17, 2019 at 06:45 AM Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 at 06:45 AM I've been eating low-fat for the last 3 weeks (and very low calorie) but I'm transitioning into a low-carb, moderate fat diet, so it's hard to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 17, 2019 at 04:09 PM Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 at 04:09 PM 10 hours ago, Nathan Zook said: It is either self-contradictory, or relates to the situation in a different manner than we usually do. Abstentions and absentees do "count" in our usual procedure in that they affect the computation of the threshold for a vote to succeed. It seems to me... that this is the intent of #1. Also, the rule in dispute, again states "two-thirds of the Commission", which again, means that abstentions and absentees do not affect the threshold. I understand your thoughts, but I'm going with self-contradictory. You say that in our usual procedure abstentions "count", in that they affect the threshold. Yet a 50-40 vote, which is a majority, remains unaffected whether there are no abstentions or 100. There is never a need to "count" abstentions at all, which makes it difficult to say that they "count". Same goes for absentees. Votes, and only votes, count. Abstentions and absentees "count" only insofar as they enable us to algebraically calculate the size of the entire membership. And that number affects the threshold only when the rule is "of the entire membership". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Savory Posted March 12, 2019 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 at 04:57 PM On 2/15/2019 at 12:22 AM, Benjamin Geiger said: And there's no way to perform automated unit testing on rules of order. We need a Turing Parliamentarian. Hey new user name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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