On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 19:50 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Matthew Miller schrieb: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 01:12:29PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > >> I was 'elected' in some sense or another however as I promised I am > >> willing to step down if someone else among those nominated but not > >> elected wish to take my place. As Christian received the most votes > >> below the line I'm offering to step down and for him to take my place. > >> Everyone cool w/that? > > Yes. That's exactly what I presumed the "contingent" comment on the > > nominations page meant. > > Just my 2 cent: Yes, that's what the "contingent" comment means in > general. Not being a native English speaker nor familiar with that word before the initial discussions about the election, my understanding of it is based on http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/contingent which seems to me to leave more things open than the interpretation above... > But from my point of view those three are still free to join > FESCo -- e.g. if one of them says "Hey, I got so many votes, it seems > people really want me to do the job" then I think they should do the job > if they want to. ...and after some consideration, that would be me. Because it looks like I can find enough time to make myself useful, dropping out now would not seem fair towards the voters, so I'll stick around for this round. Thanks and sorry ;)