On Mon, 2006-05-06 at 13:21 -0400, Dominic Lachowicz wrote: > > Well, I think it should be three people. Those two guys, and me :) > > > > Seriously though, you can't arbitrarilly pick two people and not expect > > everyone else to be arbitrarilly picked. > > It doesn't seem to be entirely arbitrary. The 3 "appointees" were the > next 3 highest vote-getters in the 2005 elections.
In other words, they lost the election. > > http://foundation.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=2 > > > candidacy statement for the next election. But, they can't be members of > > the board without an election. > > The Foundation's charter apparently says (in at least two places) that > they can appoint members without an election: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/charter/ > > "New seats on the board may be made available as the project grows, > subject to approval by the board or referendum of the membership." > > "Between elections, board vacancies or new board slots shall be filled > by appointment by the board of directors." This is different from temporarily appointing 2 additional members. Of course the board can add new seats, but they will then be permanent until (again?) removed via a referendum. Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow Pyrenean Shepherds _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
