Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-17 Thread Dominic Lachowicz
Jeff, On 11/16/05, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: something so fundamental to the process: Yes, people do run for election so that those they do not trust are not elected. Surprise? Not even remotely. By itself, this is unsurprising. But coupled with: 1) The small number of people who

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Anne Østergaard
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 09:46 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: I also would assume that announcement is valid enough. We haven't got that many candidates and I guess the Foundation can be flexible enouh to accept this candidacy. This is a problem which has to be solved by the election committee. I

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Quim Gil
If the announce was not clear or if the informations can not be easily found, please send a mail to the committee so it can be improved next year. An improvement would be to include some comments on the campaign. I don't know if it should be about rules or netiquette. For instance: -

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Dave Neary
Anne Østergaard wrote: I remember that Miguel de Icaza one year was announcing his candidacy a little after the time limit and his candidacy was not accepted by the committee. He also was on travel and was a very serious candidate for the board. With the difference that he had not expressed

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Vincent Untz
On Wed, November 16, 2005 10:33, Quim Gil wrote: If the announce was not clear or if the informations can not be easily found, please send a mail to the committee so it can be improved next year. An improvement would be to include some comments on the campaign. I don't know if it should be

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Anne Østergaard
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 11:28 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: On Wed, November 16, 2005 10:33, Quim Gil wrote: If the announce was not clear or if the informations can not be easily found, please send a mail to the committee so it can be improved next year. An improvement would be to include

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Quim Gil
But I would like to say this sooner and not later that I think that you as a candidate yourself should not at the same time be sitting on the election committee- for your own sake as a serious and very skilled candidate to a seat on the board. I didn't comment anything about Vincent's

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Baris Cicek
As a member of membership committee I can honestly say that Vincent's instant leaving membership committee would end up problems with elections as well. That must be the real reason that kept him in committee still. Even though we have experienced some as members in past, other members of

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
On Wed, 2005-16-11 at 13:14 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Quim Gil wrote: Gosh, we are not the EU Parliament or the US Congress. Neither have we 28 candidates to choose from. If we keep kicking off candidates for procedural reasons we will end up not needing to vote at all. Hear, hear. A

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Luis Villa
On 11/16/05, Andreas J. Guelzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-16-11 at 13:14 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Quim Gil wrote: Gosh, we are not the EU Parliament or the US Congress. Neither have we 28 candidates to choose from. If we keep kicking off candidates for procedural reasons

Re: [Fwd: Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections]

2005-11-16 Thread Jonathan Blandford
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 08:39 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Could we please have a full list of all the candidates who actually announced there candidacies for the GNOME Board of Directors within the time limit? Hi Anne (and others), For a number of reasons (totally unrelated to Jeff), the

Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections

2005-11-11 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, Le vendredi 11 novembre 2005 à 12:05 +0100, Quim Gil a écrit : Being a candidate - If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and are interested in running for election, you may (...) before November 14th 2005 (23:59 UTC). This is my first election period

Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections

2005-11-11 Thread Elijah Newren
On 11/11/05, Quim Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being a candidate - If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and are interested in running for election, you may (...) before November 14th 2005 (23:59 UTC). This is my first election period in the GNOME

Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections

2005-11-11 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Quim Gil This is my first election period in the GNOME Foundation, so I'm surprised by the lack of candidates few days before the deadline. :) So, I'm planning to run again this year, but I'm all caught up in the middle of the BadgerBadgerBadger tour, so haven't had time to sit down

Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections

2005-11-11 Thread Quim Gil
En/na Jeff Waugh ha escrit: So, I'm planning to run again this year, but I'm all caught up in the middle of the BadgerBadgerBadger tour, so haven't had time to sit down and write my candidacy mail. Just for some context. :-) Thanks! Three lines written in a rush like these help *a lot* to