So (assuming 5/8 for now), the text would look like: The Chair serves at the pleasure of the IAOC, and may be removed from that position at any time by a vote of 5/8 of the voting IAOC members. That is what I now have in my editing buffer. OK? Bert > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf_censored-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ietf_censored-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Harald > Tveit Alvestrand > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 21:43 > To: Kai Henningsen; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Suggested resolution - #826: Section 4 - Removal of the > IAOC Chair > > > > > --On lørdag, januar 29, 2005 11:47:00 +0200 Kai Henningsen > <kaih@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> It was the fraction "2/3" that Russ objected to in the first place, > >> pointing out that this means 6 out of 8 if everyone's > present - which he > >> thought was too much of a required majority. > > > > Which just points to a lower fraction, not to absolute numbers. > > I understand that you and Scott both think the same thing - > although I > don't understand why, I'll ask the question in a different > way - is using > the term "5/8 of the voting members" an acceptable phrase? > As long as we have 8 voting members, that translates to 5 members. > > For those who want to see what they are discussing under different > scenarios, here is the number of people needed to remove the > chair with > varying fractions and varying number of members of the IAOC: > > Number Out of 8 Out of 7 Out of 6 Out of 5 > 3/4 6 6 5 4 > 2/3 6 5 4 4 > 5/8 5 5 4 4 > > Harald > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf