On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:32 PM, <Casper.Dik at sun.com> wrote: > > >Plocher> 3) We choose to move ahead anyways - "if the rules get in the way > >Plocher> of doing what is right, do what is right, and fix the rules later." > >Plocher> Treat the election as valid, put the new board in place, and > continue > >Plocher> on, with a bunch of work to do. > > > >Plocher> I assert that, if we don't get to quorum, choice 3 is the only > viable > >Plocher> one for us as a community. As it stands now, we have ~80 people > >Plocher> who care enough about the community to actually participate in its > >Plocher> operation. This implies we have a community structure that is out > >Plocher> of whack with the community itself, and the first thing the new OGB > >Plocher> (along with the 80 or so members who have indicated that they wish > to > >Plocher> be involved) needs to do is figure out a better structure, play > test > >Plocher> it for a year, adjust things as needed, write down what works, and > >Plocher> forge *that* document into a constitution to be voted upon next > year. > > > >General agreement. I think the current quorum rule, though sort of OK in > >theory, is a little silly in practice. Something more sensible to me would > >be "1/3 of the CCs needs to 'sign in', then once we have a quorum, we can > >'disband' and have our election", rather than having to have 1/3 of the CCs > >all there at once. But fundamentally I agree with you that finding > something > >that works in practice is more important than trying to follow to the letter > >a nascent process which still clearly has several kinks to be worked out. > > > We had agreed that there would not be an "all there at once" tule but > rather "all need to stand up at some point and be counted. > > I'm certain that that is what was intended.
That was my understanding as well. It isn't practical for me to remain signed in all the time on the channel. I joined, stated my username, realname, and then left. That should be sufficient for this crazy requirement. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
