Thanks Alan. This is great to know the record is straight! -Ghee
On 03/25/09 16:56, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Terri contacted me before voting was closed, and I connected her with > Stephen Hahn, who runs the voting site. (Her problem involved getting > ssh key login working from MacOS X.) > > The only other core contributor who contacted me offline about not being > able to vote was one whose employer blocks ssh at their firewall and who > chose not to use an internet connection from another location to vote > instead, which I'd classify under lack-of-interest more than technical > difficulty. > > So far I'm not aware of any other people who have reported being unable > to vote, but I expect most voters to have been using Solaris and to have > unblocked ssh internet access from somewhere. > > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > > Ghee Teo wrote: > >> Terri, >> >> Why didn't you raise your problem before the voting was closed? >> I think extending the ballot before the result is published due to >> technical problem is reasonable. Now, I would think it doesn't give a >> good handling on the democratic voting process. >> >> -Ghee >> >> On 03/25/09 16:28, Terri Molini wrote: >> >>> I wonder how many other people like me found they couldn't vote >>> despite registering keys? I bet there were people disenfranchised by >>> that key system, I saw other e-mails to that effect. >>> >>> I think as a community we need to understand whether there was >>> interest in the election or if the application kept folks from casting >>> their ballots before folks get wound up about the numbers. >>> >>> I would like to suggest something regarding the casting of ballots for >>> the recent election and changes to the constitution. >>> >>> The system allows the administrator to see whether or not a core >>> contributor registered a key within the voting time frame. >>> >>> We should then try to determine if a core contributor submitted a key >>> and tried to vote and could not or if they changed their mind about >>> casting a vote (unlikely). If it is that they could not cast their >>> ballots due to the system then that needs to be addressed. Perhaps >>> extending the time to those persons and offer a less complex way to vote. >>> >>> In summary, I am suggestion a re-ballot (extend it for 7 days) for >>> core contributors that could not submit their ballots. >>> >>> ### >>> -- >>> Terri Molini >>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. >>> Global Communications, Open Source >>> +1 (408) 404-4976 office >>> +1 (408) 406-9021 mobile >>> AIM: tmolini >>> >>> 'The secret to happiness is a good sense of humor and a bad memory.' >>> >>> Registration for the 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo is now open! >>> April 20-23, 2009, Santa Clara, California. www.mysqlconf.com >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> core-contrib-discuss mailing list >>> core-contrib-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/core-contrib-discuss >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> core-contrib-discuss mailing list >> core-contrib-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/core-contrib-discuss >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/attachments/20090325/53b72e39/attachment.html>
