Why not just nominate people on the list but collect seconding on online system, like a form? SImilar to those for voting presentation at foss4g!!!
Cheers Maxi 2017-09-08 17:56 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 >>> >>>> [email protected] >>> >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Discuss mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Discuss mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jorge Sanz >> http://www.osgeo.org >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- *Massimiliano Cannata* Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica Responsabile settore Geomatica Istituto scienze della Terra Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 [email protected] *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>*
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