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OtB and RO?

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:40 a.m.

In Response To: OtB and RO? (Henrik Bukkjaer)

Is it correctly understood that, had the committee votes been cast as a 2-1 split in favor of overturning the director decision, the director decision would still stand?

Yes. Historically there have been problems, as in a couple US directors rather vehemently disagreeing with appeals so much so as to not even have the possibility of an appeal as part of their tournaments. I believe they eventually softened.

The idea of an appeals committee made up of an even number of members (which I first saw proposed by Steven Mellen) solves the "tie vote" problem. That was one of the complaints previously (although not the only one, AFAIK) -- that the entire vote (director + appeals committee) was a tie but the director was then overruled.

Given that the director gets to choose the committee, the deck is still loaded in his/her favor even with the rule which specifies and even number of committee members and a majority rule of those members. I don't mean that director can/does stack the deck. What I mean is that the director chooses members he trusts to make an intelligent decision.

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