Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 09:40:43PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 05:19:12PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: If anything opening the voting period sooner (so it overlaps with campaigning) might be helpful; with the ability to vote repeatedly people can always change their minds

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-30 Thread Neil McGovern
Hi Brian, On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 07:54:50PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: I know this has been raised in elections past, but any thoughts on the current one-year DPL terms, and unlimited terms allowed? If thoughts are geared toward change do you have any plans to actively try to change the

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Brian, On 27/03/14 at 19:54 -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: I know this has been raised in elections past, but any thoughts on the current one-year DPL terms, and unlimited terms allowed? If thoughts are geared toward change do you have any plans to actively try to change the status quo? I

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:06:00AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: What we could try to do, though, is to make the yearly election process more efficient. Currently, it spans over 6 weeks, with one week for nominations, 3 for compaigning, and 2 for voting. We could reduce that to 3/4 weeks, with: -

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:24:13PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: Do you want to disenfranchise DDs who are on vacation? What if they are in vacation for 2 weeks? So, in fact, what you really want to do is to compare the probability that a DD is AFK for 2 weeks with that that she is AFK for 1

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:24:13PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:06:00AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: The 2-week voting period made sense when the Constitution was written, as intermittent internet access was much more likely back then. But today, it's probably less

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:56:50PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:24:13PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:06:00AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: The 2-week voting period made sense when the Constitution was written, as intermittent internet access

Re: All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-28 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:24:13PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:06:00AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: The 2-week voting period made sense when the Constitution was written, as intermittent internet access was much more likely back then. But today, it's probably less

All DPL candidates: DPL Term lengths and limits?

2014-03-27 Thread Brian Gupta
I know this has been raised in elections past, but any thoughts on the current one-year DPL terms, and unlimited terms allowed? If thoughts are geared toward change do you have any plans to actively try to change the status quo? I ask because it seems that a lot of energy is devoted to the