I think we can call it done. All the non-candidates who replied (both here and on IRC) are in favour of unanimous consent.
Once we have a Foundation set up then we'll need elections every year, and we'll need an initial vote to pass said Foundation's bylaws, so any question of legitimacy will quickly be moot. And practically speaking, we need Francis and Mikel's active involvement until a legally binding formal structure exists. They personally hold the important assets (domains, bank), so they are de facto benevolent dictators for life even if they want otherwise. Not that there's ever been a question they'd veto something. -- Tino Didriksen On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 23:26, Bernard Chardonneau <b...@tuxfamily.org> wrote: > Well, in France we recently had a presidential election and for many > people, neither of the 2 candidates selected for the 2nd round was > fully satisfactory. > > For the PMC election, I'm happy to see that Unhammer who informed people > a lot when I started working on apertium about 10 years ago is a candidate. > Other PMC candidates also suit me and I would have voted for them. If I > had to choose between 2 presidents, I would have voted for Francis. > So for me too, whether there is an election or not, both are fine for me. > > One way to settle the problem could be to ask if there are volunteers > among those who are not PMC candidates to organize the election. > > If we find 3 volunteers, it will be philosophically preferable to organize > the election, even if it would take one month. > If they are not found, and especially if there are no volunteers at all, > we will be able to conclude that there is a consensus to accept all the > candidates without proceeding to an election. > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:11:54 +0530 > > From: Tanmai Khanna <khanna.tan...@gmail.com> > > To: Tino Didriksen <m...@tinodidriksen.com> > > Cc: "\[apertium-stuff\]" <apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Reply-To: apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Apertium-stuff] Apertium PMC Election: Bypass election? > > Pièce(s) jointes(s) probable(s)> > > I get the sentiment but to be honest, not holding elections at all does > > dent credibility a little. Tino offered to stand for President, and so > did > > Francis. Maybe we should have a vote, secure a mandate and then move on. > > > > That way it'll be clear to everyone that the leader is elected and not > just > > selected unopposed. > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 19:54 Tino Didriksen <m...@tinodidriksen.com> > wrote: > > > > > G'day everyone, > > > > > > It's been a week, and we have 7 candidates for PMC and 2 for President: > > > https://github.com/apertium/elections > > > > > > - PMC: Francis M. Tyers, Jonathan N. Washington, Kevin Brubeck > > > Unhammer, Mikel L. Forcada, Tanmai Khanna, Tino Didriksen, Xavi Ivars > > > > > > - President: Francis, Tino > > > > > > Given that exactly 7 for PMC would avoid the need for an election, I'm > > > happy to forego the whole thing and let Francis continue in the role of > > > President. > > > > > > So, I propose that if this is still the status by end-of-day UTC > tomorrow > > > (2022-04-27 23:59:59 UTC, ~34 hours from now), then we don't hold the > > > election and simply replace Sushain K. Cherivirala with Kevin Brubeck > > > Unhammer. CC'ed Sushain directly. > > > > > > -- Tino Didriksen > > > > > > -------------------------------- > Bernard Chardonneau (France) >
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