Sigh... this mail was sent more than twelve hours ago but didn't make it... from now on I'll be using a more direct email address.
-------- Message original -------- Sujet: Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:53:34 +0200 De: Julien PUYDT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copie: foundation-list@gnome.org Références: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andy Tai a écrit : > It still looks strange to have the voting body to vote to extend the term of > the current board, not the same as a general election. > > Extending the terms of some leadership tend to happen under situations where > something prevents the holding of regular elections... nothing comparable > exists here for the GNOME Foundation. Indeed! Here is how the mandate of french presidents went from seven to five years : - a referendum chose to modify the term length -- but not for the then-current president ; - a normal election happened at the normal date for a new president with the new term. This made the 'who' and the 'how long' independent, and I think there is wisdom in it. Snark _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
