On 11 Dec 2017, at 17:40, William Sylvester via db-wg wrote:
4) One chair per year is replaced.
This caught my eye. It's not clear to me whether this means a: one chair per year stands down and may stand as a candidate for immediate re-selection; or b: one chair per year stands down and may not stand as a candidate for re-selection until some period (to be specified) has elapsed. I think it might avoid future confusion if it were made explicit which of these interpretations is intended. I'm not inclined to prefer either over the other. In case a chair is removed by consensus, will the person involved be excluded from immediately standing as a candidate for re-selection? FWIW, I should think so. Again in case a chair is removed by consensus, will that removal meet the requirement for one chair per year to stand down? It seems to me that, for the sake of continuity, this would be advantageous. I hope this helps. Niall