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>>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2018, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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>> It is known prior to a council election if a candidate is a member |
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>> of ComRel or QA. So, leave it to the electorate to evaluate if such |
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>> a candidate is suitable for the council. |
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> If everything were transparent then I would tend to agree, however |
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> it is not. Comrel processes are often opaque, especially when it |
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> comes to the aforementioned disciplinary actions. I think sometimes |
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> even the individual votes are not public (only the final counts). |
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> When an appeal happens, then Council may get briefed in secret too. |
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That does not apply to QA though, where decisions are in the open. |
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> So evaluating the candidate based on public information becomes |
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> difficult. |
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Don't vote for that person then? Why would we need a general rule |
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restricting voters from electing any specific candidate? |
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Ulrich |
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