Resolving the PEAR Group election tie

Hi, Congratulations to the newly elected PEAR Group members, this will be an exciting time as PEAR moves forward. I regret that the constitution as accepted does not have a system in place to resolve ties in the election - I did not anticipate this problem. Murphy is of course always around to remind us that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Fortunately, the constitution DOES prescribe what to do in order to make a decision on this matter. We need to amend the constitution to proscribe how to solve this issue. Amending the constitution is done by a vote of 2/3 of the PEAR Group. The constitution says 5 of 7 are required. Fortunately, 2/3 of 8 = 5 1/3 so rounding says 5 of 8 are required to amend the constitution. So, as my first act as elected president, I must recommend that the elected PEAR group convene (all 8 of them)via email and amend the constitution to describe how to resolve a tie in elections. I see 4 options 1) a run-off election between Justin and Paul 2) an intra-PEAR Group election 3) keep the current membership and amend the constitution for the next election 1 year from now, and add a provision for tie breaks to the constitution. 4) Either Justin or Paul steps down I am personally wary of #2, as this seems against the spirit of the new government, where the larger developer population makes the choice of who will represent them, so I encourage the PEAR Group to discard #2 as a viable option, and instead investigate #1 or #3. However, as I do not have the actual power to make any legislative decisions, I will happily sit back and watch the PEAR Group in its first significant action. I will not veto anything you decide on this issue. I am very interested to see what the decision will be, good luck :) Based on my experience working with both, I am sure that Justin and Paul are equally qualified for the job, which makes choosing quite difficult. In fact, I found choosing between all 13 candidates to be one of the more difficult choices I've had to make. Thanks, Greg P.S. I'm on a bus at the moment, just passed a sign for Sidney, Nebraska. It's not going to be possible for me to take any sweeping action until the Nebraska tour is over, but Martin has the capability to set up stuff as needed.cap