[Inkscape-board] [RFC] Election procedure

2015-02-09 Thread Bryce Harrington
Hi all, As per our current FSA, when a board member resigns, we hold a public election to replace them. In preparation for this, I've drafted the following election procedure. Please review and contribute your suggestions for improvement. Copyedits welcomed too! I'll post a final copy for

Re: [Inkscape-board] [RFC] Election procedure

2015-02-09 Thread Johan Engelen
The proposal looks very good to me. A few comments inline: On 9-2-2015 10:37, Bryce Harrington wrote: Hi all, As per our current FSA, when a board member resigns, we hold a public election to replace them. In preparation for this, I've drafted the following election procedure. Please

Re: [Inkscape-board] [RFC] Election procedure

2015-02-09 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 08:03:27AM -0600, Ted Gould wrote: Curious about the Legal Name aspect. Do we want to have people sending that to the mailing list? Perhaps we mention that it is a requirement that they're willing to disclose it to the conservancy and other board members, but not

Re: [Inkscape-board] [RFC] Election procedure

2015-02-09 Thread Martin Owens
On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 20:04 +0100, Johan Engelen wrote: (only people in AUTHORS file can vote, how does the website's voting system know?) People would be in the Team collection. As well as providing a basis for granting privileges on the website, it acts as a known list of people for any given