Thanks. I don't think adding more Sugar Labs members to the membership and elections committee will increase transparency.
Practices that will increase transparency are; - make open the discussions, meetings, minutes, and decisions of the committee, - make open the collective actions of the committee; Laura is doing that job very well, - make open the individual actions of the committee, - declaring any conflicts of interest, or confirming there are no conflicts of interest, as a consequence of being on committee, - deciding the types of information that will not be made open; such as votes, and Sugar Labs member e-mail addresses. There's a risk adding more Sugar Labs members to the membership and elections committee might decrease transparency; by reducing time spent on transparency practices. Don't forget, the membership and elections committee also has two independent third parties they can turn to; Dave Crossland (impartial election oversight party), and Bert Freudenberg as Ombudsman. On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 12:09:49AM +0100, Samson Goddy wrote: > Thank you James, > > The reason we want more members is due to the current members are all SLOBS > and > since we will be having elections it is wise to have some non-SLOBS member in, > for sake of transparency. > > Samson > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:05 AM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > Good that the motion passed, but I'll comment anyway. ;-) > > Pericherla Seetaramaraju and Hirish Patel are not Sugar Labs members > yet. On the other hand, nor am I. > > My opinion is that it is up to the membership and elections committee > who they invite to their meetings and who they collaborate with. Call > them visitors. Visitors need not be Sugar Labs members. Visitors > could be asked their opinion but their vote on motions could be > avoided. > > I don't see why the committee needs more committee members, apart from > Walter's concern that the committee at the moment consists only of > the continuing oversight board members. > > > [2]http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-09-01T19:10:08# > i_2902795 > > This perhaps is more a function of the level of interest overall; and > losing Ignacio is an unfortunate sign of that. > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 05:43:31PM -0500, Laura Vargas wrote: > > Samson, > > > > I would support a motion to add Ibiam to the Membership and elections > Committee > > since Ibiam is a Sugar Labs member. > > > > Not sure it works for non Sugar Labs members. > > > > Regards, > > > > Laura V > > Membership and Elections Committee Liaison > > > > 2017-09-06 16:02 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy <[1][3]samsongo...@gmail.com>: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am requesting to SLOB. To add Pericherla Seetaramaraju (Google > Summer of > > Code Intern), Hirish Patel (Contributor and Google Summer of Code > Mentor) > > and Ibiam Chihurumnaya (Member of Sugar Labs). I mentioned at the > meeting > > that we need more members in the Membership/Election committee. > > > > > > I will appreciate if someone second this motion for voting. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Samson Goddy > > > > -- > > Laura V. > > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org > > > > “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” > > ~ L. Victoria > > > > Happy Learning! > > #LearningByDoing > > #Projects4good > > #IDesignATSugarLabs > > #WeCanDoBetter > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:[4]samsongo...@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [5]IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > [6]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > -- > James Cameron > [7]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > References: > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [2] > http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-09-01T19:10:08#i_2902795 > [3] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com > [4] mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com > [5] mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > [6] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > [7] http://quozl.netrek.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep