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On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 13:15 -0700, Deedra Waters wrote: |
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> As for the number of trustees, I do like the fact that there's an odd |
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> number on the current board so that there can't be a locked decision. |
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...until one abstains or isn't present to vote. ;] |
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> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Brad Cowan wrote: |
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> > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:03:57 -0400 |
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> > From: Brad Cowan <bcowan@g.o> |
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> > To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Thoughts on upcoming trustee elections |
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> > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 10:15 -0500, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> > > Ideally, I'd like to have trustee elections finished by 16 May. Of |
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> > > course, that means we need to decide how to handle the elections. |
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> > > Here's a proposal: |
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> > > |
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> > > 1. Trustee wannabees need to e-mail -nfp with a statement to that |
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> > > effect. Any eligible foundation member may run for a trustee |
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> > > position. The deadline for announcing candidacy is one week prior |
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> > > to the beginning of voting. |
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> > > 2. A ballot containing the names of all candidates will be assembled |
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> > > which essentially just has a check box for each name. |
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> > > 3. Voting will last for one week. |
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> > > 4. All candidates who reach or surpass a threshold of 50% yes votes |
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> > > are thereby elected as trustees. |
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> > > 5. In the case that fewer than four trustees are elected outright (I believe |
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> > > that by NM law there needs to be a president, a secretary, a |
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> > > treasurer, and possibly something else?), then the top four vote |
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> > > recipients are elected as trustees. |
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> > > Notice that I didn't say that it was necessarily a good proposal. I'd |
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> > > like to avoid needing an initial vote on how many trustees are needed, |
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> > > so this proposal deliberately leaves the number of trustees that one |
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> > > wants to vote for up to the individual members. The threshold of 50% |
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> > > was picked entirely at random. Better ideas cheerfully accepted! |
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> > This seems reasonable to me, but I have a few small questions. Has |
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> > the number of trustees been decided? ie...are we sticking with the |
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> > current number or possibly less? Also, what about having say 2 year |
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> > terms with elections held every year, essentially splitting up the |
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> > trustees so that there's no possibility that all be voted out at once? |
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> > This would allow a continuous "voice" of the board. |
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> > Thanks, |
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> -- |
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> Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - |
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> dmwaters@g.o |
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> Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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