Hi, I write to chime in my opinions on the topics in this thread. But, first i find it necessary to preface this message with a meta-discussion.
--- Meta-Discussion: The messed-up election --- With out alleging any impropriety actions beyond those mentioned in last years election correspondence ( http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010944.html ). I think it's widely agreed that many issues from all-time low voter turn out to Paul Boddie's points (Ie: "a misleading process") combined to make this a messed-up election. anomalous - ajd. 1. deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal: Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe. 2. not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual: He held an anomalous position in the art world. 3. incongruous or inconsistent. I don't want to place blame exclusivity on the voting process, but IMO it's the functional bottle-neck of this voting system. At the very least, this statement from the wiki needs to be revised: "Voting System: For the voting process we will use the Schulze method, a popular voting system used by Debian, Wikimedia and others. It is a well tested method and has proven to be resistant to voting anomalies." Because the last two years elections have been anomalous! --- End-Meta Discussion --- I'm thinking in an Abstract way about what happened here. How can software help us reach consensus and over-come issues that seem to be filibustered: perhaps a new voting method? I know the direction we need to be headed: engaging with more fellows by showing them the positive effects of effective representation and administration. The wiki is a huge tool for that. But, diverting people to another site to vote is a detour that probably caused some people to lose their vote. Is there a possibility to amend the wiki software with polling function so fellows can voice their opinions on issues facing the foundation? * Title change This is the first time ive heard about the plan to transition from Fellows to Supporters. Can i get linked to the aforementioned discussions? As long as this title is preserved for the time-being, im open to considering other options. As an idea to improve governance, why not include important decisions like this as a referendum in the election? On 27 April 2017 at 06:25, Franz Seidl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > in my opinion a downturn in voter participation is to be expected when > the decision gets more complicated and time consuming. ("Oh, looks like > this will take longer than expected. I don't have time for this now, I > will do it in the evening..." - what could possibly go wrong?) > > Btw, do the absolute numbers point in the same direction? > > Regards, > Franz > > > Am 25.04.2017 um 13:00 schrieb Erik Albers: > > Hi list, > > > > the Fellowship elections 2017 are over and the winner is Daniel Pocock. > > > > https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170425-01 > > > > I like to thank all candidates for bringing life into this years > election and > > every voter for rewarding our candidates' activities by participating in > the > > elections. > > > > Unfortunately, we only had a participation of around 17 % which seems to > be > > the lowest participation since we record participation (2014). Many of > the > > list subscribers here have had the possibility to vote, so I like to ask > for > > explanations and possibilities how we can raise participation? > > > > The low amount of participation leaves me in particular wondering as > this year > > we had 7 candidates, each of them with a short representation in out > wiki [1], > > public hustings [2] and a reminder three days before the end of > elections. > > > > However, former elections with only one (!) candidate and without > reminders > > and no public hustings (2016 and 2014) have had more participation ... > > > > Why is this? Please help us to understand what FSFE can do to make the > > electiosn more appealing or raise participation? > > Or help us to understand what was the reason that this year there was > such a > > low amount of participation? > > > > Thank you very much, > > Erik > > > > [1] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017 > > [2] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017# > Hustings > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > >
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