Request for membership: Thoth

[FrustratedPoet]

Hmmmm a black vote has appeared.

I realise that this is a secret ballot, but would anyone care to elaborate on why Thoth was rejected?

[alva]

Have this two new applicants been informes yet??

I hope we can admit both of them...

[Shiber]

No, I'm afraid they weren't informed yet. I'll wait perhaps another day just in case the person who voted black did this by accident, and then inform Thoth.

[nbarclay]

I'm not convinced that a mere two white votes is sufficient to justify bringing someone in even if the black vote could be resolved.

Edit: It might still be worth a re-vote in case a mistaken black vote deterred others who would have voted white. In the absence of any explanation for a black vote, holding a re-vote is probably the only way to verify that the black vote wasn't an accident. (Consider, especially, that a person who voted the wrong way by accident may not even realize he did so.)

Nathan

[Shiber]

I'll PM Sir Ralph and ask for his opinion on this matter.

[Shiber]

Basically, what Sir Ralph said was that in a case of 2 whites vs. 1 black a repoll is not an option. In case there were more whites but still one black, a repoll would have been illegal but at least considerable, but not in this case.
It's unfortunate that whoever voted black remains anonymous, but such are the rules of this procedure. I'll break the news to Thoth.