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.