Vasile, Thanks. On the election, I think fair play should not be an option in our community. I hope we're not loosing respect and ethics... getting closer to politicians...
I hope 2018 will be the OSGeo year of "open values" and "reach in" to remember our roots. Maxi Il 25 ott 2017 11:06 PM, "María Arias de Reyna" <delawen+os...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Anita Graser <anitagra...@gmx.at> wrote: > >> Thank you for your summary and assessment of the situation, Vasile! >> >> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I am not sure I have collected my own thoughts, in the interests of >>> meeting your request I would like to ask if the current board members are >>> available for 14:00 UTC tomorrow. >>> >> >> I can't guarantee that I'll be able to make it, but here are my thoughts: >> >> 1) +1 Vasile's recommendation "to create a clear rule stating that an >> accepted nomination cannot be withdraw after the start of the voting >> period", and therefore >> >> 2) +1 the recommendation "not to admit the [withdrawal] request from Jef" >> >> 3) +1 "not to start new elections" for the reasons summarized by Vasile >> > > > Although it is true that this hasn't been very peaceful elections, I am > against of restarting the elections. If this is a democracy, let us decide > if we want to vote or not for someone. And if after the elections that > person feels that there is too much pressure and cannot stand it, then let > that person resign. And if we make a mistake and vote for someone who is a > bad choice, well, we will learn and not vote for that person again, right? > That's the beauty (and the beast) of the democracy. Mistakes can be made, > but they are not forever. > > And this goes also for all the people who did campaign aggresively (public > and privately) against one of the candidates. It is good to ask about > things that worry you and to expose what you think it is a failure. But if > there is nothing on the rules that prevents that person to be elected, as > it was the case (maybe because of a loophole, but rules didn't explicitly > say he couldn't be elected), then that's it. There is no need to push that > to the personal level. > > Thanks a lot Vasile for the work done. I have no doubt you did the best on > this case. And I hope the new board can work on your suggestions, I think > they are the right path to go. And reinforce the rules to cover extreme > cases. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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