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To what extent do criteria differ for a 501c3 compared to a 501c6 ?

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monty Taylor [mailto:mordred at inaugust.com]
> Sent: 11 October 2013 19:43
> To: James E. Blair
> Cc: elections-committee at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: Re: [Elections-committee] Table of voting systems comparisons
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/11/2013 01:27 PM, Monty Taylor wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10/11/2013 01:24 PM, James E. Blair wrote:
> >> Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hey all!
> >>>
> >>> If you want to learn more about this from wikipedia, you should check out:
> >>>
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_systems#Compliance_of_selected_s
> >>> ystems_.28table.29
> >>>
> >>> The TC/PTL elections use Schulze. STV would be IRV in this table.
> >>
> >> Browsing the lists of election system users on wikipedia, a couple of
> >> US tax-exempt orgs stand out:
> >>
> >> LOPSA: A 501(c)(3) using Meek's STV
> >> http://governance.lopsa.org/LOPSA_Bylaws#Election_of_Directors
> >>
> >> SPI: A 501(c)(3) using Schulze
> >> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2003/2003-01-06.wta.1/
> >>
> >> It seems unlikely that we would be breaking new ground as a
> >> non-profit with either of these.
> >
> > I believe this is an excellent point and excellent precedent.
> > Considering that Delaware law allows us to explicitly define our
> > voting mechanism (which makes the Delaware portion itself moot) - I
> > would think that existing precedent of non-profit boards using
> > Schultze should give us the ground cover we need to be more confident
> > on both stated concerns around use of Schultze.
> >
> > That that has been in effect for them since 2003 and should be AMPLE
> > time for issues to have arisen.
> 
> As a followup, I have found that the XBMC Foundation, which is an Open Source 501c3 registered in the state of Delaware uses Condorcet
> for their elections.
> 
> IANAL - but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that perhaps there actually is precedent for us to use the voting mechanism that we want
> to use.
> 
> Monty
> 
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