Hi all, I'd like to see us get the ball rolling on the next council elections early next week, and open the call for candidates soon. We're running quite close to the wire for the summit getting the election done, and giving the council a chance to meet virtually before then.
I would also like to propose that we concurrently run a referendum (yes, another one) on lengthening the council's term to one year. >From a purely practical point of view, it's a pain in the bum running these elections so often, it eats a bunch of time that could be spent doing other stuff. So it's almost entirely selfish of me. Not completely, though. It seems to me that the 4 months between an election and the start of the next election process isn't enough time for the council to get any traction on anything big. There has been continuity between the 2 councils we've had so far, which helps, but I think a term of 1 year would better suit the cadence of the community & allow the council to work better with Nokia, rather than changing heads every 6 months. If the council agrees, I'd like to see us run this referendum concurrently, and thus it would apply to the council elected in March 2010 (since it seems really weird for me to have it apply to people who only signed up for 6 months in September). I'm interested in feedback on this, of course. Anyone want to comment on whether it's a good or bad idea? Thanks, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: [email protected] Jabber: [email protected] _______________________________________________ maemo-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
