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On 10/11/2013 02:02 PM, Todd Moore wrote:
> Precedent is not sufficient.  It is also important where they were
> incorporated.  There is also precedent that an organization dropped STV
> on the advice of counsel because of their point of incorporation.  

That's why I pointed out that they are incorporated in Delaware.

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> 
>> On Oct 11, 2013, at 12:43 PM, "Monty Taylor" <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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_systems_.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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