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On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 14:37 -0500, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> > Being as it's already January 27th: |
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> Yes, it wasn't expected days would go by with no response. So picking |
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> any new dates is kinda pointless till we know when they will be |
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> commented on. |
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> > Nominations start Jan 30th through Feb 12th, |
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> > Elections Feb 13th through 27th, new Trustees in march ;) |
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> No problem, unless we don't hear from Grant by the 30th. Then we reset |
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> again and push back/delay some more. |
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Umm... how about "from now until the 12th" so we can just start and not |
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wait for Grant. |
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No offense, but this whole "we have to wait for $foo to comment" is why |
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we're very much in this boat in the first place. Do any of you |
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seriously think that Grant is going to have some sort of objection to |
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the *dates* in which the election is held? |
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Also, votes can be called by the Foundation membership without Trustee |
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approval. |
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I'm a Foundation member. I say we call this vote, starting nominations |
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now, ending the 12th, voting from the 13th through the 27th. There, now |
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it's official. Can we start nominating now? |
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*grin* |
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> Or any date, even if we don't agree. As most all want the date to come |
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> from the trustees. |
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Quit looking to the trustees for everything. That is *also* how we got |
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into this mess. We're perfectly capable of doing quite a lot without |
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the trustees, so long as we are acting on their behalf or acting on the |
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behalf of the Foundation. As a Foundation member, one's vote counts |
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exactly the same as a trustee, except in cases where the board must make |
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a decision, which is generally only done as "proxy" to keep from having |
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to constantly poll the membership. As opposed to the Council, which is |
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purely a "representative government" the trustees more directly answer |
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to the membership. The members are the real voters. The trustees just |
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work on their behalf to save time. If the trustees do something the |
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membership doesn't like, the membership can vote and veto it and the |
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trustees cannot do a thing. They don't have any real special powers, |
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other than what they're granted. This is essentially the opposite of |
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the Council, which has *every* power except those that are explicitly |
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denied. |
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Anyway, at this point, we don't need to constantly wait on Grant except |
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in cases where a signature is required or access to our finances is |
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required. Remember, it was designed this way on purpose to not impede |
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progress. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Games Developer |