A majority is 50% plus 1, correct? If the board is being expanded to 10, thats half, not a majority. ----- Original Message ---- From: Kwan Ting Chan <ktc(a)ktchan.info> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:57:46 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:39 -0700, Geoffrey Plourde wrote: You are assuming the Chapters decide its 2 seats are filled with a method other than some form of election, which may or may not be true. The Board present the new structure as the holders of a majority of seats to have come from the community (3 direct election, 2 chapters, & Jimbo), not that the majority will be elected, which isn't the case even currently. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high.   - Heinrich Heine ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ