On 19:40 Sun 16 Nov     , Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> Count me in as well for that idea. Having that "nobody" person running
> in the election allows us to have a clear and comprehensible breakup
> between those candidates who could easily fill a gap and those who don't
> (and therefore when it's time to hold an election for a person filling
> that gap). It still leaves one question open: What to do when "nobody"
> is elected on the 5th or 6th position (or even the 1st ...)?

Have a smaller council. The largest number of odd people <=7 that are 
ranked above "nobody". There's no reason it has to be 7, and it seems to 
me that on a 7-person council, about half end up doing mostly nothing 
that's related to being on the council.

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Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com