The other point in favour of email is the discussion aspect, with the board only reviewing -1 votes we are relying our the discussion list to review candidates.
-- Jody Garnett On 8 September 2017 at 07:36, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote: > Agree, I don't think I'd like a nomination period + election being carried > on with some editings in the wiki and a silent mailing list except by some > announcements. > > On the other hand, answering with a +1 on a mailing list is quick and easy > (and annoying if you don't use filters on your email). > > The off list option, like adding a comment on the wiki, (IMO) would be > followed by fewer people and read by even fewer people. We are all lazy by > nature, and an election process is not the most exciting activity we do. > > I agree the process can be improved, but when thinking about election > procedures, as boring as they are, we need to put the reduction of > participation barriers as a top priority if we want to reach the broadest > audience, at least once per year. > > Anyway, I'm super happy to see such a big number of nominations, and I > want to thank Vasile for the hard work and long hours he's dedicating to > try to cup with such a demonstration of enthusiasm. > > My 2 cents > > > > On 8 September 2017 at 15:15, Volker Mische <volker.mis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think it's valuable to have the nominations being sent to the discuss >> list, but I agree that seconding them should be off list. >> >> Cheers, >> Volker >> >> >> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, brandon whitehead wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > A potentially trivial change would be to keep the process the same, but >> > run through the wiki---i.e. use a wiki page as the venue for nominators >> > to log in and update/edit. Freeze the page after a certain date, and >> > now there's an archived copy of the process. Anyone interested in >> > real-time updates can simply log in and "follow" the page, others can >> > visit the page and check the results as they see fit. >> > >> > Note, this is conceptually the same process for nomination and voting, >> > but it is collated via the wiki instead of email. This also doesn't >> > involve additional work to create an automated system. >> > >> > just a few thoughts from an interested lurker... >> > /Brandon >> > >> > On 08/09/2017 11:34, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> There was a discussion with the CROs at yesterday's board meeting, and >> a >> >> proposal to use an automated system for nominations came up. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Angelos >> >> >> >> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, Till Adams wrote: >> >>> Jeroen, >> >>> >> >>> good motion! I feel the same and honestly am not able to read and >> check >> >>> them all... >> >>> >> >>> Till >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Am 08.09.2017 um 11:54 schrieb Jeroen Ticheler: >> >>>> Hi all, >> >>>> It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active and expanding! >> >>>> The process of proposing and voting new members is an extremely >> >>>> valuable part of that! >> >>>> >> >>>> The downside is that email traffic is exploding around this election. >> >>>> I fear the election processes in the coming years already. Should we >> >>>> find another way so propose and second nominees in the future to >> >>>> avoid flooding everyones inbox? (For me these emails seem to make up >> >>>> for about half of my email traffic over the last weeks ;-( ). >> >>>> >> >>>> Cheers, >> >>>> Jeroen >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Discuss mailing list >> >>>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Discuss mailing list >> >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Jorge Sanz > http://www.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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