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cease AB participation until the situation has been resolved. If after <span class="time-interval">30 days</span> the situation has
not been resolved, the Chair will declare one participant's seat to be vacant. When more than one individual is involved, the <a href="#random">verifiable
random selection procedure</a> described below will be used to choose one person for continued participation.</p>
+
<h4 id="AB-TAG-elections">2.5.2 Advisory Board and Technical Architecture Group Elections</h4>
- <p>The Advisory Board and a portion of the Technical Architecture Group are elected by the Advisory Committee. An election begins when
- the Team sends a Call for Nominations to the Advisory Committee. Any Call for Nominations specifies the number of available seats,
- the deadline for nominations, and the address where nominations are sent. The Director <em class="rfc2119">should</em> announce
- appointments no later than the start of a nomination period, and generally as part of the Call for Nominations.</p>
- <p>Each Member (or group of <a href="#MemberRelated">related Members</a>) <em class="rfc2119">may</em> nominate one individual. A
- nomination <em class="rfc2119">must</em> be made with the consent of the nominee. In order for an individual to be nominated as a
- Member representative, the individual <em class="rfc2119">must</em> qualify for <a href="#member-rep">Member representation</a>
- and the Member's Advisory Committee representative <em class="rfc2119">must</em> include in the nomination the (same) <a href="#member-rep-info">information
- required for a Member representative in a Working Group</a>. In order for an individual to be nominated as an Invited Expert, the
- individual <em class="rfc2119">must</em> provide the (same) <a href="#inv-expert-info">information required for an Invited Expert
- in a Working Group</a> and the nominating Advisory Committee representative <em class="rfc2119">must</em> include that
- information in the nomination. In order for an individual to be nominated as a Team representative, the nominating Advisory
- Committee representative <em class="rfc2119">must</em> first secure approval from Team management. A nominee is <em class="rfc2119">not
- required</em> to be an employee of a Member organization, and <em class="rfc2119">may</em> be a <a href="#fellows">W3C Fellow</a>.
- Each nomination <em class="rfc2119">should</em> include a few informative paragraphs about the nominee.</p>
+
+ <p>The Advisory Board and a portion of the Technical Architecture Group are elected by the Advisory Committee, using a
+ single transferable vote. An election begins when the Team sends a Call for Nominations to the Advisory Committee. Any Call
+ for Nominations specifies the number of available seats, the deadline for nominations, details about the vote tabulation
+ system selected by the Team for the election, and operational information. The Team may modify the tabulation system after
+ the Call for Nominations but must stabilize it no later than the Call for Votes. The Director
+ <em class="rfc2119">should</em> announce appointments no later than the start of a nomination period as part of the Call
+ for Nominations.</p>
+
+ <p>Each Member (or group of <a href="#MemberRelated">related Members</a>) <em class="rfc2119">may</em> nominate one
+ individual. A nomination <em class="rfc2119">must</em> be made with the consent of the nominee. In order for an individual
+ to be nominated as a Member representative, the individual <em class="rfc2119">must</em> qualify for
+ <a href="#member-rep">Member representation</a> and the Member's Advisory Committee representative
+ <em class="rfc2119">must</em> include in the nomination the (same)
+ <a href="#member-rep-info">information required for a Member representative in a Working Group</a>. In order for an
+ individual to be nominated as an Invited Expert, the individual <em class="rfc2119">must</em> provide the (same)
+ <a href="#inv-expert-info">information required for an Invited Expert in a Working Group</a> and the nominating
+ Advisory Committee representative <em class="rfc2119">must</em> include that information in the nomination. In order for an
+ individual to be nominated as a Team representative, the nominating Advisory Committee representative
+ <em class="rfc2119">must</em> first secure approval from Team management. A nominee is
+ <em class="rfc2119">not required</em> to be an employee of a Member organization, and <em class="rfc2119">may</em> be a
+ <a href="#fellows">W3C Fellow</a>. Each nomination <em class="rfc2119">should</em> include a few informative paragraphs
+ about the nominee.</p>
+
<p>If, after the deadline for nominations, the number of nominees is:</p>
+
<ul>
- <li>Equal to the number of available seats, those nominees are thereby elected. This situation constitutes a tie for the purposes of
- assigning <a href="#short-term">short terms</a>.</li>
+ <li>Equal to the number of available seats, those nominees are thereby elected. This situation constitutes a tie for the
+ purposes of assigning <a href="#short-term">short terms</a>.</li>
<li>Less than the number of available seats, Calls for Nominations are issued until a sufficient number of people have been
nominated. Those already nominated do not need to be renominated after a renewed call.</li>
- <li>Greater than the number of available seats, the Team issues a Call for Votes that includes the names of all candidates, the
- number of available seats, the deadline for votes, and the address where votes are sent.</li>
+ <li>Greater than the number of available seats, the Team issues a Call for Votes that includes the names of all candidates,
+ the number of available seats, the deadline for votes, details about the vote tabulation system selected by the Team for
+ the election, and operational information.</li>
</ul>
- <p>When there is a vote, each Member (or group of <a href="#MemberRelated">related Members</a>) <em class="rfc2119">may</em> vote
- for as many candidates as there are available seats; see the section on <a href="#ACVotes">Advisory Committee votes</a>. Once the
- deadline for votes has passed, the Team announces the results to the Advisory Committee. The candidates with the most votes are
- elected to the available seats. In case of a tie where there are more apparent winners than available seats (e.g., three candidates
- receive 10 votes each for two seats), the <a href="#random">verifiable random selection procedure</a> described below will be used
- to fill the available seats.</p>
- <p id="short-term">The shortest term is assigned to the elected individual who received the fewest votes, the next shortest to the
- elected individual who received the next fewest, and so on. In the case of a tie among those eligible for a short term, the <a href="#random">verifiable
- random selection procedure</a> described below will be used to assign the short term.</p>
- <p>Refer to <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto">How to Organize an Advisory Board or TAG election</a> [<a href="#ref-election-howto">MEM15</a>]
- for more details.</p>
+
+ <p>When there is a vote, each Member (or group of <a href="#MemberRelated">related Members</a>) <em class="rfc2119">may</em>
+ submit one ballot that ranks candidates in the Member's preferred order. Once the deadline for votes has passed, the Team
+ announces the results to the Advisory Committee. In case of a tie the
+ <a href="#random">verifiable random selection procedure</a> described below will be used to fill the available seats.</p>
+
+ <p id="short-term">The shortest term is assigned to the elected candidate who received the least support, the next shortest
+ term to the elected candidate who received the next least support, and so on. In the case of a tie among those eligible for
+ a short term, the <a href="#random">verifiable random selection procedure</a> described below will be used to assign the
+ short term.</p>
+
+ <p>Refer to <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto">How to Organize an Advisory Board or TAG election</a>
+ [<a href="#ref-election-howto">MEM15</a>] for more details.</p>
+
<h5 id="random">2.5.2.1 Verifiable Random Selection Procedure</h5>
<p>When it is necessary to use a verifiable random selection process (e.g., in an AB or TAG election, to "draw straws" in case of a
tie or to fill a short term), W3C uses the random and verifiable procedure defined in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2777.txt">RFC
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<li>Clarified the process for continuing work on a specification initially developed under another charter -
<a href="#CharterReview">5.2.3</a>, <a href="#cfp">5.2.4</a>, <a href="#WGCharter">5.2.6</a>,
<a href="#transition-reqs">6.2.2</a>.</li>
+ <li>Changed the voting for AB and TAG elections to Single Transferable Vote - <a href="AB-TAG-Elections">2.5.2</a></li>
</ul>
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