art of the chair to call for votes on
his own initiative and without discussion of the wisdom and timing of
such a vote.  It puts people in the difficult position of wanting to be
supportive of work being done but having to say the work is not a
satisfactory basis for a long term effort.

This situation could have been avoided by first determining that a vote
was desired by the participants and before calling for a vote,  clearly
stating how the vote will be counted.  I mean basic things like how many
peopl