RE: SUO: Chair by Acclamation
Paul,
Since there are some abstentions and expressed wishes not to have an
election by acclamation, I'd recommend and request that we have a vote, to
determine whether there are a majority in favor of electing the sole nominee
to the Chair. Before the vote is conducted, could you please tell us what
would be the normal way in which the decision would be taken, e.g. if a
majority of voters happen to abstain, but there are more in favor than
against, would the nominee be confirmed, etc.
May I say also, to those who abstain or vote against the sole nominee, that
I wish they might have nominated some other candidate for whom they would
vote. While an acclamation may be swift and easy, it would be better to have
a good old-fashioned election than a situation in which we have no Chair.
Phil Jackson
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"Meantime, about 250 B.C., the kings of Pergamus, to whom Scepsis belonged,
began to collect a vast library, by the simple method of seizing books
wherever they could lay hands upon them. The consequence was that the heirs
of Neleus hid the books in a cellar. The cellar was damp; but there the
books remained until, in 133 B.C., the last of that dynasty of kings
bequeathed his kingdom to the Roman people. Soon after this, it would seem
that the peripatetic school had been somewhat drawn into politics, although
this is an obscure point. However, it is certain that a peripatetic,
Aristion, or Athenion, became tyrant of Athens; and a peripatetic friend of
his, Apellicon, who was so fond of books that he would steal them from the
archives of Greek cities, and who had become rich by plunder, as an agent of
Aristion, -- this Apellicon, purchased the library of Neleus and brought it
back to Athens. The papers of Aristotle had suffered grievously, during
their century and a half of incarceration, from damp and insects, and were
in places illegible; but Apellicon, in the intervals of his raids, occupied
himself with copying and editing them." - CSP, CP7:234
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Nicola
> Guarino
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:15 PM
> To: SUO
> Subject: Re: SUO: Chair by Acclamation
>
>
>
> At 9:41 AM -0700 14/5/01, Paul Eastman wrote:
> >Since Jim Schoening was the only person nominated for Chair of the
> >SUO Working Group, I suggest that we elect him by acclamation. In
> >order to prevent a flood of e-mail, I will consider your vote in the
> >affirmative unless I hear that you object or wish to abstain.
>
> PLEASE, let's try to maintain a minimal sense of words (and of
> democracy), if we can... You CAN'T say that a majority of abstensions
> is a vote by acclamation, come on!
>
> P.S.: I abstain.
>
> P.S. 2: This was serious enough to force me to step in...
>
>
> -- Nicola
>
>
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