Resolution of the PEAR Group tie crisis

As you all know by now, there was a tie for 7th place in the PEAR Group elections that concluded on May 1. This presented our first crisis as the constitution does not specify how to resolve the tie. A number of possible solutions have been proposed, and as your newly elected president, I have taken action. As of today, Paul and Justin have agreed to step down from the PEAR Group, resulting in a vacancy for the 7th position, and I have appointed Lukas Smith (http://pear.php.net/user/lsmith) to temporarily fill that void. At the same time, as prescribed by the constitution, an election has been created in order to fill the vacant 7th seat on the PEAR Group. The two candidates in this election are Paul M. Jones and Justin Patrin. The election is linked below: http://pear.php.net/election/info.php?election=9&vote=1 The election is on an expedited timeline in order to resolve the crisis as quickly as possible. I would appreciate as much help as possible publicizing the run-off election to all PEAR developers. The election will start 1 week from today, on May 11, and will conclude on May 25. Thank you for your patience in this transitional time as we work out the kinks. The new PEAR Group is eager to get started and this solution will enable them to begin the work of governing, effective immediately. A special thank you to Lukas Feiler, who provided the insight of brilliance [1] that allowed this solution to take shape within the confines of the constitution. Once the election of Justin/Paul concludes, one of the first orders of business will be a referendum amending the constitution to account for how ties will be resolved. Thanks, Greg [1] http://marc.info/?l=pear-dev&m=117809084629368&w=2