Hi James, On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:17 AM, James Cameron <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:34:11PM +0300, Dan Tenason wrote: > > [...] Secondly there are six candidates for seven open positions on > > the oversight board. [...] > > I can't find good evidence of that. I perceive three candidates. > > Wiki page said "copied over from last year". Can also be edited by > anybody, not just the board. > > Looking at the edit history, the three candidates are; > > - Adam Holt (self edit, 4th November), > > - Walter Bender (self edit, 11th November), and; > > - Sam Parkinson (self edit, 1st December). > > But not Gonzalo Odiard (edited out by himself on 14th November, but > reverted by Sam on 29th November). > I believe that was a mistake that I reverted Gonzalo's commit. I'm am very confused by media wiki in general. Ignacio will also be nominating, however he currently is having issues logging into the wiki. Thanks, Sam > > So I've moved the "copied over" tag accordingly. > > > In a quick search, I could not find any participation by at least > > one of the candidates on any of the SugarLabs communication channels > > since 2013. This opens a few options: Postpone the filing deadline > > and subsequent election. Appoint the the current candidate list > > leaving one slot open. Reduce the size of the board to fire members > > and hold the election as scheduled. > > I agree; if the candidates are less than the seats, then there is no > election. Good news; as elections are expensive. > > > Or, one might seek to understand why interest in Sugar and Sugarlabs > > continues to decline. > > No, the governance of an organisation should not be distracted by > such matters. > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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