<div dir="ltr">Seems pretty simple to me as well, both <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.046875px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)">Andrew Norton and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.046875px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)">Arturo Martínez are also elected members of the CoA and should be considered as such even if at the time there was a misinterpretation of the statutes. Congratulations to both :)</span><br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Andrew Norton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ktetch@ktetch.co.uk" target="_blank">ktetch@ktetch.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">"at 4:42:33 Sven says that 17 votes were recieved, the quorum is at 9<br>
votes and that those 5 candidates were elected"<br>
<br>
</div>Rules of Proceedure<br>
(<a href="http://wiki.pp-international.net/PPI_Conference_2013/GA_meeting/RoP#Art._6a_Elections" target="_blank">http://wiki.pp-international.net/PPI_Conference_2013/GA_meeting/RoP#Art._6a_Elections</a>)<br>
state<br>
Election Method<br>
<br>
a) Before the voting, the number of elected positions should be<br>
decided, if Statutes require to do so.<br>
b) Every Ordinary Member may vote "yes" for any number of candidates.<br>
c) The candidates that has achieved a simple majority of the "yes"<br>
votes from Ordinary Members present or represented and voting on<br>
them[18] are elected in the order determined by number of "yes" votes<br>
accumulated. Abstentions are not taken into account. In event of a tie<br>
where order matters, deciding elections are held, where only one "yes"<br>
vote per Ordinary Member can be cast.<br>
d) If the decided number(Art. 6a(6a)) of positions is not filled,<br>
additional round of elections is held unless decided otherwise.<br>
<br>
8 YES 6 NO is a simple majority when abstentions are not taken into<br>
account (57%). Nothing about a decided 'quorum' in there (and in fact<br>
the unknown nature of abstentions mean you can't do it anyway) at all.<br>
<br>
Seems pretty simple to me.<br>
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Andrew<br>
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On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Pat Mächler<br>
<<a href="mailto:patrick.maechler@pp-international.net">patrick.maechler@pp-international.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> The following is according to my visual observations on said recordings,<br>
> that I preliminary recieved<br>
> The times mentionned are relative to the video; not actual daytime<br>
><br>
> at 4:30:20 the chair (Sven) announces that the ballot papers are prepared<br>
> and the he CoA vote<br>
> for the next 95 seconds Sven signs 16 voting cards (acoording to visual<br>
> calculation) and<br>
> hands out election ballot sheets to delegates and proxies along with the<br>
> chair assistant (Denis)<br>
><br>
> at 4:32:10 Sven announces the vote to be open (for 4 minutes) and leaves the<br>
> recording picture<br>
> at 4:32:40 he re-enters to the recording picture (returns to the table to<br>
> answer questions)<br>
> at 4:33:10 he leaves the table again<br>
> at 4:35:00 he re-enters to the recording picture<br>
> at 4:36:30 Denis leaves the recording picture<br>
> at 4:36:40 Sven leaves the recording picture<br>
> around 4:37:23 Sven and Denis are entering and leaving the recording picture<br>
> within 5 seconds<br>
> at 4:42:00 the camera angle turns towards right; Sven and Denis can be seen;<br>
> about 50% of the chair table can be seen<br>
> at 4:42:20 they walk to the left side; Sven can't be seen anymore<br>
> at 4:42:25 Denis walks out of the recording picture<br>
> at 4:42:30 the camera turns right again (the chair table can be seen for<br>
> about 75%); Sven sits at the table<br>
> at 4:42:33 Sven says that 17 votes were recieved, the quorum is at 9 votes<br>
> and that those 5 candidates were elected<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Pat Mächler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:patrick.maechler@pp-international.net">patrick.maechler@pp-international.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> According to the election notes I have here, I strongly assume that the<br>
>> chair calculated with 17 votes cast and an absolute majority was necessary.<br>
>> However I got only 16 ballot papers.<br>
>> I assume the missing vote could be by the UK who decided to generally<br>
>> abstain; however there is no such sheet among the ballot papers (in contrast<br>
>> to all other elections, where there was a blank UK ballot sheet provided).<br>
>> I will back check ASAP with the preliminary video recordings I got from<br>
>> Wolfgang Preiss whether it could be inferred that UK cast an abstention vote<br>
>> there.<br>
>><br>
>> -pat<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:48 AM, Mozart Palmer<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:mozart.palmer@pp-international.net">mozart.palmer@pp-international.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Is there a reason why there are only five members of the Court of<br>
>>> Arbitration elected? The statutes provide for up to seven, meaning that<br>
>>> Arturo and Andrew should be elected according to the results.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 16 May 2013 05:46, Pat Mächler <<a href="mailto:patrick.maechler@pp-international.net">patrick.maechler@pp-international.net</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Dear pirates,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please find here the current status of the minutes of the PPI GA 2013. I<br>
>>>> would be grateful if you could provide corrections to me via mail.<br>
>>>> 4 weeks afterwards the minutes will be automatically accepted according<br>
>>>> to the RoP.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a href="http://wiki.pp-international.net/PPI_Conference_2013/GA_meeting/Minutes" target="_blank">http://wiki.pp-international.net/PPI_Conference_2013/GA_meeting/Minutes</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> You can blame the delay on me; part of the problem was, that I wanted to<br>
>>>> back check the recordings about the member application ballots (they were<br>
>>>> too fast).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> fair winds<br>
>>>> Pat / Valio / vvv<br>
>>>><br>
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