Eric, the process has not been to formal right now. I would ask the board to set a closing time for the nominations. Then we can see exactly who is running and who is not and all parties will have the chance to give their positions. Marcus
Tim,
Between Bob's note of the 25th and today I didn't actually notice a date when nominations would close. I could have overlooked it, and some mail to the list appears to be duplicated and time-delayed (your note of the 4th, apparently resent on the 7th).
In any event, since no one seconded the nomination by Werner Staub and Marcus Faure, I suppose I don't need to accept the nomination now that the vote has been called. For what it is worth, had the nomination a second, I would have accepted and worked up the conflicts statement and so on.
My point is only this, process counts.
Eric