Thank you for raising this discussion Lane! I have the following suggestions:
- We do what Larry has been suggesting for a while and reduce the number of core committee members we have. Perhaps we can use vacancies as an easy way to get to a more stable number - If there are not enough nominated candidates to fill seats, we extend the nomination period by two weeks and announce the failure to fill as a way to hopefully garner more nominations and bring the issue to the forefront. Maybe we repeat this a couple times before calling a vote. - If we still end up not having enough nominations, we move forward with a vote and expect the unfilled seats to be vacant until a special election can be called to fill them after a set period, maybe 6 months. - If we don't have contested seats we still hold a vote. At the very least this gives the electorate an opportunity to be active. - If any candidate should get 0 votes, they are not elected and the seat they were nominated for becomes vacant. This grants the electorate an opportunity to deny a nominated person in case something disqualifying is found and allows us to avoid the painful expulsion process. Thanks again, Korvin On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM Lane Staples <margaret.stap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Currently, our rules and process for elections assume that at least one > willing and able candidate will be available for every role in every > election cycle; however, that is not always the case. > > The precedence we've adopted has been to move forward without a vote, > allowing roles to remain empty, when insufficient candidates are available > for a term. > > To make sure that our election timelines stay on track, we'd like to > formalize how we handle these situations in future. > > Please, add your feedback / discussion in reply to this email. > > Discussion will remain open for a minimum of two weeks before a vote is > called. > > Thanks all, > > Lane > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/cf8032d8-9855-4c88-a063-5858ef8cb863n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/cf8032d8-9855-4c88-a063-5858ef8cb863n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/CANeXGWU8TTdoqmTNnawD3XXqG%3Dn%3D8_7VdeSP7h7EACAL%3DcOezw%40mail.gmail.com.
