Re: [PSF-Community] Selection Message in Helios
Thanks for clarifying, David. Let me second that message - you can vote for as many or as few of the nominees as you want, and your votes will be recorded. As David suggests, if everyone voted for all the candidates, there wouldn't be a decision. Cheers, Naomi On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 15:15, David Mertz wrote: > I am delighted to have just completed my vote for the slate of the 2020 > term PSF Board. As my personal voting strategy, I read all of the > candidate statements, and nominator statements where they were made, and > basically tried to come up with any reason in my mind why a given candidate > was not absolutely my highest preference. That said, even if ALL 4 seats > go to folks I did not vote for, I will remain delighted by the outcome, > since there are so many wonderful candidates running. > > At the completion of selection (in my case, of 11 candidates), I was > presented with this message: > > [you under-voted: you may select up to 26] >> > > I was, in the past, the PSF Voting Administrator, and introduced the use > of Approval Voting as the election method (many years ago now). So I get > what this means, but I am concerned that the phrasing may confuse new > voters, or simply those less wrapped up in election arcana. I do not know > if it is possible now to adjust that phrase slightly. > > ANY number of votes, from zero to 26 is technically valid in the Approval > Voting style. It is a little bit pointless to vote for exactly 0 or > exactly 26, since your vote will not affect the outcome in those cases (but > it is still valid, and registers your participation). But any number of > approvals from 1 to 25 will in some manner legitimately express a > differential preference. > > When you vote, if you see a similar message, do not be alarmed by it. You > are given an opportunity there to adjust your votes, if you wish, but you > may also simply submit your vote with your desired number of selections, > and it will be valid and counted. > > Yours, David... > > --- > The dead increasingly dominate and strangle both the living and the > not-yet born. Vampiric capital and undead corporate persons abuse > the lives and control the thoughts of homo faber. Ideas, once born, > become abortifacients against new conceptions. > ___ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > -- Naomi Ceder @NaomiCeder • https://www.naomiceder.tech https://www.manning.com/books/the-quick-python-book-third-edition ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
[PSF-Community] Welcome Ewa Jodlowska as the PSF's new Executive Director
Hi everyone, It is with great pleasure that I announce that Ewa Jodlowska will be the PSF's first Executive Director, starting January 1, 2019. Given her years of dedicated service to the PSF from event manager to her current position as Director of Operations, I can think of no one more qualified to fill this role as the PSF continues to grow and develop. Please join me in both congratulating Ewa on her new position and in thanking her for all that she's done for the PSF. And happy holidays to all! Cheers, Naomi Ceder Chair, PSF Board of Directors -- Naomi Ceder @NaomiCeder • https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomiceder/ https://www.manning.com/books/the-quick-python-book-third-edition ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
[PSF-Community] Announcement - PSF Board Change and Addition
Hello PSF-Vote and PSF-Community, We have some great news to share - that we have seated one additional at-large director on the Python board, Paola Pacheco. Paola was tied with Trey Hunner in the recent election, and Trey was chosen via the official tiebreaking procedure. However, after review of the new bylaws and election results, we were able to seat one more director. This new director is Paola. Congratulations! How did this occur? Section 5.5 of the new bylaws say: "At the 2017 annual meeting of members and at each annual meeting thereafter, the voting members shall elect directors sufficient to fill eleven (11) at-large director seats." In this latest election, Van Lindberg explicitly ran on the basis that, if elected, he would fill an officer director seat. [1][2]. At the first meeting of the new board, Van was appointed an Officer director, leaving one at-large director seat open. Given the existing vote already captured the preferences of the membership, identifying Paola as the 11th at-large director was found to be consistent with the bylaws, with the vote of the membership, and was determined to not invalidate any portion of the vote under Delaware law. Best Regards, Van Lindberg, PSF General Counsel Naomi Ceder, Chair, PSF Board of Directors [1] Section 5.5.1: "The corporation shall have up to two Officer Directors selected from the Officers of the Corporation, with the initial selection of Officer Directors corresponding to the positions of Director of Operations and General Counsel, subject to a vote of the members." [2] From Van's write-up on the board candidates list at https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardC andidates2017#id18: "Note: If elected, I expect that I will be appointed to an 'Officer Director' position." -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
Re: [PSF-Community] PSF working groups - how to become a member
Well, first... the education WG charter should state what the membership criteria are. As I recall from talking to Carrie Ann, they welcome all. Second, synchronizing content (and making it user friendly) is a continual challenge. Definitely this is an area that needs some love. On 29 May 2016 at 09:38, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: > The reason why I asked this is because I am in the educational summit, and > the speaker encouraged folks to join the working group. > I was looking at this link: https://www.python.org/psf/committees/, which > makes it a little more confusing. > It seems like this page > https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups & the links off > of that page seem to explain more. > > Is there a reason why this https://www.python.org/psf/committees/ & > https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups exists? > This page https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups is more > welcoming to newbies who don't understand how things work. > > > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Naomi Ceder > wrote: > >> In the case of the Grants WG, I believe that the charter says members are >> appointed/approved by the board. >> >> On 29 May 2016 at 09:29, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> >>> On 29.05.2016 18:23, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: >>> > How does someone become a member of a working group? >>> > (I can't find this information on the website.) >>> >>> I don't think there's a general purpose answer for this, >>> except maybe: ask the chair(s) of the WGs ... >>> >>> https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups >>> >>> -- >>> Marc-Andre Lemburg >>> Director >>> Python Software Foundation >>> http://www.python.org/psf/ >>> http://www.malemburg.com/ >>> ___ >>> PSF-Community mailing list >>> PSF-Community@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Naomi Ceder >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about >> > > > > -- > Jacqueline Kazil | @jackiekazil > > > -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
Re: [PSF-Community] PSF working groups - how to become a member
In the case of the Grants WG, I believe that the charter says members are appointed/approved by the board. On 29 May 2016 at 09:29, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 29.05.2016 18:23, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: > > How does someone become a member of a working group? > > (I can't find this information on the website.) > > I don't think there's a general purpose answer for this, > except maybe: ask the chair(s) of the WGs ... > > https://wiki.python.org/psf/Contents#psf-working-groups > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > Director > Python Software Foundation > http://www.python.org/psf/ > http://www.malemburg.com/ > ___ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
