Hi Dave, Today at 15:26, David Neary wrote:
> I would like to propose, then, that the referendum take place in > October (to allow the vote to happen before the next board > elections). I would like to board to ratify this, and ask the election > committee to put the wheels in motion at our next board meeting on > Wednesday. I don't think we've seen enough campaigning from those in favour of the change. I.e. it is my opinion that most of those who don't care, don't want board size to be reduced, or are unable to judge based on the available data (this includes myself), simply didn't take part in the discussion. As with many changes, I think the foundation membership would be confronted with a question unable to answer (including board elections, as has been pointed out previously, since we commonly vote based on technical merits). And this leads to low turn-out. At least, that's how I feel: I simply do not know if reducing the board size is going to help anything or not, and if it is, I am not seeing what exactly (yes, I've seen mentions about only couple of board members being active, I've seen arguments about simplifying decision making, etc. but I've also seen counter-arguments, and truth be told, none of them seemed strong enough). As it is, such a referendum would end up being NOT VOTING for me, because I don't feel strongly about it either way. And I hope I should feel strongly about it. Cheers, Danilo _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
