Would be good if someone volunteer to integrate the elections committee to replace Luke.
Gonzalo On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Walter Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > Sebastian, > > The election was discussed in public SLOB meetings. We made public > decisions with opportunity for public input. If you want to ask the > board to revisit its decisions, that is fine. Please try to be > concrete in your proposal. > > regards. > > -walter > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Sebastian Silva > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, the governance model says nothing about election at the end of > > every year, nor about shortages of candidates. It does say: > > > > Sugar Labs shall be governed by an Oversight Board, consisting of seven > (7) > > members elected by the Sugar community--the Sugar Membership. The > positions > > on the Oversight Board will be on a two-year staggered basis. The > members of > > the Oversight Board may be removed from the position at any time by a > > majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal > of a > > member of the Oversight Board, the Community Members shall elect a > > replacement Community Member to serve on the Oversight Board. > > > > In my humble opinion, the decision about when to do elections should not > > reside with the board, but with the elections committee. > > Aparently lfaraone is MIA. > > > > At any rate this course of events should've been discussed/announced to > the > > Sugar Labs members. > > > > It could've been expected, that the board members with expired period > would > > simply no longer be board members and that the 2 candidates would be > > promoted to board members (as pretty much happened last year, except no > > shortage). > > > > I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct 2014. > > I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the board, as > per > > the governance model. > > > > I did not become a candidate because I was expecting do the gruntwork to > run > > the election. > > > > I will abide by what the majority of Sugar Labs members wish and the > > accepted oversight board. > > If we are to run elections any time we need to also follow > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members : > > > > Currency assurance policy[edit] > > > > In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is reflective of > the > > current status of the project and its participants, once a year members > will > > be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs Member. If > this > > request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it has > been > > a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six months > > have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an invitation > to > > reapply. > > > > > > I am in technical capacity and have the good will to begin working with > > these objectives as soon as I get the board's appointment. > > > > I would like to hear more opinion from the community about the election > > process. > > > > Regards, > > Sebastian > > > > El 10/03/15 a las 11:47, Samuel Greenfeld escibió: > > > > If the current governing documents don't allow mid-term replacements due > to > > someone resigning or shortages, that might be something worth amending > them > > to include. > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Walter Bender <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> We run elections at the end of each year. If we have fewer candidates > >> than slots to fill, we don't run the election. We'll run another > >> election at the end of 2015. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> -walter > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Laura Vargas <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > I'm really sorry I didn't understood well your intructions at that > >> > time... > >> > > >> > Now, my name is on the list ;D > >> > > >> > > >> > According to your logic, we should run elections when we have enough > >> > candidates. > >> > > >> > > >> > How many additional candidates do we need? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > 2015-03-10 11:23 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]>: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Laura Vargas <[email protected] > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi Gonzalo, > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> Regarding the Sugar Labs Board, if no elections are going to me be > >> >>> made, how do you justify not to rotate the board members with long > >> >>> time active volunteers? specially those who have shown interest, > like > >> >>> I have > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> Hi Laura, > >> >> Why you didn't follow the procedure to make your candidature? > >> >> You only needed add your name to > >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates > >> >> > >> >> That was requested many times, and there are only two candidates to > >> >> fill 4 > >> >> seats. > >> >> > >> >> Gonzalo > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> Thanks and I really hope (for the sake of the kids) we can run a > >> >>> democratic community soon! > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> 2015-03-10 10:06 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]>: > >> >>> > Hi Sebastian, > >> >>> > > >> >>> > In this specific case, we will keep the replies from the > deployments > >> >>> > confidential > >> >>> > and release a general inform with conclusions without naming the > >> >>> > deployment > >> >>> > involved. > >> >>> > There are a reason for that, and anybody involved in negotiation > >> >>> > with > >> >>> > countries will understand. > >> >>> > Every time than a country say will buy N number of hardware with X > >> >>> > software, > >> >>> > all the big companies start to pressure. > >> >>> > Transparency have a big value, but we can't be naive. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> and we are organizing a face to face meeting with all the members > >> >>> >> fro > >> >>> >> SLOBs, > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> How will this help to address Dan's (valid) concern? > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> to discuss strategies. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > We need do a deep discussion we can't do by irc or email. > >> >>> > I don't know if this is the solution, but we are trying something > >> >>> > different. > >> >>> > > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> We are discussing more ideas, like survey the community and > >> >>> >> teachers, > >> >>> >> like > >> >>> >> was proposed in this list. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> And? > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > I don't understand the question. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > Gonzalo > >> >>> > > >> >>> > _______________________________________________ > >> >>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> >>> > [email protected] > >> >>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Laura V. > >> >>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org > >> >>> > >> >>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire > >> >>> IRC kaametza > >> >>> > >> >>> Happy Learning! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Gonzalo Odiard > >> >> > >> >> SugarLabs - Software for children learning > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Laura V. > >> > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org > >> > > >> > Identi.ca/Skype acaire > >> > IRC kaametza > >> > > >> > Happy Learning! > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Walter Bender > >> Sugar Labs > >> http://www.sugarlabs.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > -- Gonzalo Odiard SugarLabs - Software for children learning
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