Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2014 / 2015 election

[Rich Freeman]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
<jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote:
> To all the others that are upset because everyone is already nominated, I'd
> like to recall everyone if free to nominate. It is custom practice to have
> developers nominated more than once. Before anyone asks, that is also valid
> under the current rules.

So, I brought it up because issues like this are better addressed
before there are misunderstandings than after.

Still, traditionally in the past we've had tables of nominees, whether
they accepted, links to manifestos, etc.  That doesn't work quite as
elegantly when everybody is nominated.

Also, a bulk nomination like this may discourage others from
re-nominating the same individual.  Nominations are as much about
encouraging people to seriously run for office and not just a process.
Otherwise we'd just nominate ourselves.  I don't want somebody who
might not have seriously considered running for council to not
consider doing so because somebody didn't think to nominate them
because technically it was already done.

But, this isn't a big deal either way.  I won't make any assumptions
as to what the full intent of nominating almost everybody was.  Wulf
can say whatever he cares to if he cares to.

So, just about everybody is nominated now, but don't let that
discourage anybody from re-nominating others or running if they think
there is some good they can do.

Rich