Hi Phil, Am 12.12.2010 um 03:27 schrieb Philip Brown: > On Saturday, December 11, 2010, Peter FELECAN <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ben Walton <[email protected]> writes: > >> >> >> I have a mitigated opinion about this: letting all foundation members >> to vote is more democratic per see. However, not making the minimal >> effort to participate in the discussion can be seen as a lack of >> implication. > ... > > > that's all fine if it was made clear BEFORE the meeting ," if you > don't attend you can't vote" > > but it was not. > > even further , the exact OPPOSITE was indicated. > a member specifically requested if he could vote "outside" of the > meeting; a positive reply was given, and there were no dissents to it. > It would be outrageous to tell people after the fact, "oh by the way > we took away your right to vote, in the meeting we know you couldn't > come to". > > The same courtesy should be given to all Members in good standing, in > light of the rushed nature of this whole affair. > > Next year, now that we have a better idea of how these things work, we > could be reasonably more hard-nosed about it.
I guess you are right here. I'll invite the rest of the members directly via ballotbin end extend the vote period by a day. Best regards -- Dago _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
