Sadly, I'm in sync with Tim.  :( I think it's time to focus on Mer and its 
compatriots.
 
Randall (Randy) Arnold
Developer and Enthusiast Advocate
http://texrat.net


>________________________________
> From: Tim Samoff <t...@samoff.com>
>To: List for community development <maemo-community@maemo.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 7:28 PM
>Subject: Re: Maemo Elections - Extended
> 
>While every ounce of my being says "please no" to this idea -- and most of you 
>know my history with all of you. My gut says it's time.
>
>There are more important things to put our time into (said with a tear).
>
>Always maemo,
>Tim
>
>--
>Sent from my Nokia N950
>
>On 4/1/12 11:51 crashand...@gmail.com wrote:
>Frankly, I think this telling. Maybe it's time to consider wrapping things up 
>in a "so long and thanks for all the fish"-kinda way?
>
>-S.
>
>
>-- Sent from my HP TouchPad
>
>On 1 Apr 2012 16:54, robert bauer <nyba...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
>There have been no nominations.  Let's extend the nomination period and the 
>voting (if necessary) for a week.
>
>Rob  
>
>
>On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:33 PM, robert bauer <nyba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>It's time for the next Maemo election.  Any community member who has karma of 
>100 or more may be nominated for Council or may nominate themselves via the 
>maemo community mailing list (nominations must also be accepted to nteh 
>mailing list).  The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC, Saturday, 31 
>March.
>
>The voting is preliminarily scheduled to run from 00:00 UTC, Thursday, 5 April 
>to 23:59, Wednesday, 11 April, 2012.  If the community decides to nominate 
>less than four nominees, then the nominees will be considered to represent a 
>consensus of the community and there will be no vote.
>
>If there is a need for a vote, each member of maemo.org, who has an account 
>that is more than 3 months old and who has earned over 10 "karma" points on 
>that account, gets an electronic ballot.  The election is a "single 
>transferable vote".  They rank their Council candidates in order of 
>preference; if their top candidate cannot get elected with the votes they 
>receive, the votes are redistributed until all council seats have been 
>allocated.
>
>Please give serious consideration to nominating people you trust with the 
>future of maemo.  Nokia funding will end and Nokia cannot commit to handing 
>over or licensing the website or parts of the infrastructure to the 
>community.  The current council has decided reorganizing maemo.org is not 
>feasible for the long term and has started looking into a possible Plan B.  
>There have also been proposals to bring Harmattan into maemo.org, and to 
>coordinate with other projects.  It is preferable that the future of maemo be 
>made by a deliberate decision of the community.  Please help that happen by 
>nominating and voting for council members of your choice.
>
>
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