On Thu, May 23, 2013 4:57 pm, Richard Stallman wrote: > It is not a good thing when there are so few candidates > that nearly all have to be elected. With just 8 candidates > and a 7-member board, we are only voting about which single > one of these candidate not to put on the board. That is getting > pretty close to no choice at all. What would we do if there were > only 7 candidates? If there were only 6?
I think in the instance that there are not enough candidates to elect, the empty spots would be treated as vacancies under the bylaws. I'd need to check, but I think then the directors in office can fill the remaining spots. That said, I don't think that we are near that position at this point that we really need to worry about it. My point about the candidates this time being really strong is that I think there were a few people who were thinking of running but who decided not to run against the people who had already put themselves forward. > > I propose changing the election rules for future elections so that if > the number of candidates is less than 7/4 the size of the board, there > will be another request for candidates, giving 5 days for people to > step forward. > I don't object to this change, but I worry about the wait and see attitude it could encourage for people who might be more timid about running. I don't like the idea of two waves of nominations if we could avoid it, and if only 7 people throw their hats in the ring, if they are solid candidates I don't think there's a problem with that. As I was saying above, I think there's been some self selection this time. karen > If that squeezes the subsequent step, then expand it > by moving all the previous dates 5 days earlier. > > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
