Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-08 Thread Jeff Waugh
> If I remember correctly, that's the situation since last year, when we > decided to switch boards with the year change. What I don't remember (and > can't find in the rules you linked), is what was the situation before. > When used the boards to switch before that? Pretty sure it's worked the

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-08 Thread Claudio Saavedra
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 22:21 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > Currently the GNOME election process runs from November to December, > and the > new Board starts in January. GUADEC has traditionally been in June and > July. If I remember correctly, that's the situation since last year, when we decid

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-08 Thread Elijah Newren
On 8/7/07, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > So here's the proposal: I'd like to suggest we shift the election cycle back > > six months, landing the process in May and June [1]. More controversially, I > > reckon the best way to achieve this without a lot of pain would

Re: Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-08 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Jeff Waugh wrote: > > 3. Recommend that future Boards appoint the President and > > Vice-President from elected directors annually (instead of Chairman and > > Vice-Chairman) > > As a slightly confusing nit, are we now saying there will only be > President, Vice-President, Secretary and Tre

Re: Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-08 Thread Glynn Foster
Jeff Waugh wrote: > 3. Recommend that future Boards appoint the President and Vice-President > from elected directors annually (instead of Chairman and Vice-Chairman) As a slightly confusing nit, are we now saying there will only be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer? or are

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-08 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Quim Gil wrote: > On 8/7/07, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So here's the proposal: I'd like to suggest we shift the election cycle back >> six months, landing the process in May and June > > Just to make sure we don't miss details. Most of the work the board > does has no time dep

Re: p.g.o. policy

2007-08-08 Thread Olav Vitters
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 06:10:01PM -0400, Valek Filippov wrote: > For about 8 months I'm asking to add my blog to p.g.o. with no response. > I would like to know in which part my blog, me and/or > http://gnome.org.ru do not satisfy with any published policy. I suggest to use Bugzilla to keep track

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-08 Thread Quim Gil
On 8/7/07, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So here's the proposal: I'd like to suggest we shift the election cycle back > six months, landing the process in May and June Just to make sure we don't miss details. Most of the work the board does has no time dependency. One exception is GUADEC