Izumi, I agree that voting on whether to extend the vote is a terrible idea, but if you look back over the email messages, you'll see it was proposed by Jacqueline, not Nick. The idea that the ALAC staff follows the Chair's lead is a feature.
On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
Nick, I assume you are NOT the Chair of ALAC, so I would
request the Chair to make the final decision, but not you,
please do not guide, or dictate us one way or other.