This is now 2 weeks. What has happened? Has Daniel Pocock given the power
to the three elected?

Hans

Am Mo., 27. Mai 2019 um 10:36 Uhr schrieb Daniel Pocock <[email protected]>:

>
> As returning officer for the Fellowship Council election[1], I'm writing
> to confirm these are the winners:
>
> 1. Garfield
> 2. Florian Snow
> 3. Joe Awni
>
> Congratulations and thanks to all those who volunteered for this
> responsibility, especially given the challenges faced by volunteers in
> the current climate.
>
> I will communicate with the new Council privately to help them get up
> and running quickly.
>
> According to the FSFE e.V. membership page[2], there are only 26 people
> registered as members of that organization.
>
> 57 Fellows voted in the Fellowship Council election.  That is more than
> double the number of members registered in FSFE e.V.  I feel this shows
> that Fellows value democracy.
>
> When considering these numbers, it is also important not to forget that
> rather than voting, hundreds[3] of people simply quit in 2018 after
> FSFE's leadership ended elections and tried to move Fellows to the
> Supporter program without consent.
>
> Some people have expressed concerns that there is division in the
> community.  I feel that the root cause of the division lies in those
> changes and the subsequent exodus from the Fellowship.  Ending the
> divisions may involve asking each Fellow to individually consent to
> joining the Supporter program or simply recognizing all Fellows as
> members of FSFE e.V.  Then the Fellowship and FSFE e.V. would
> effectively merge into one organization.
>
> Some people have made complaints that there has been a sense of
> entitlement at play.  The vote was announced immediately after the
> mailing list migration.  The participation has been large enough to give
> a mandate to the Fellowship Council so there is no sense of entitlement
> at play.  People who remain unhappy with the mailing lists or the
> leadership are free to resign and/or unsubscribe.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> --
> Former FSFE Fellowship Representative
>
>
>
>
> 1. https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_fe3a97bcd00c3e1b
> 2. https://fsfe.org/about/team.en.html
> 3. https://fsfellowship.eu/2018/09/08/who-were-the-fsfe-fellowship.html
>
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