Fully agreed Richard, these items are on the Membership Committee's agenda for the next meeting already.
2013/5/23 Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> > It is not a good thing when there are so few candidates > that nearly all have to be elected. With just 8 candidates > and a 7-member board, we are only voting about which single > one of these candidate not to put on the board. That is getting > pretty close to no choice at all. What would we do if there were > only 7 candidates? If there were only 6? > > I propose changing the election rules for future elections so that if > the number of candidates is less than 7/4 the size of the board, there > will be another request for candidates, giving 5 days for people to > step forward. > > If that squeezes the subsequent step, then expand it > by moving all the previous dates 5 days earlier. > > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > -- Cheers, Andrea Debian Developer, Fedora / EPEL packager, GNOME Sysadmin, GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av
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