Thank you all for participating in the provisional OAM PSC election process. The original stated intention was to invite the community to select five individuals to serve, and then for them to select by consensus four additional individuals. This two-part process was meant to ensure that there was room to balance representation on the PSC of all of the likely stakeholders in the project.
Well, there are five other deserving candidates on the slate. Back when there were only nine in total, I thought about proposing that we simply accept the nominees by acclamation, but I didn't want to confuse matters at the time. In any event, all 10 of the nominees to the PSC are well-known, trustworthy, and qualified (if I may say so). Now, maybe 10 PSC members is starting to get a little unwieldy, but perhaps it would be simplest to start there. Consensus decision making works best with smaller numbers, but you can go up to about a dozen and still have it still work, if everyone's committed to the process. So, if anyone on that list has second thoughts about serving, now would be a good time to mention them. Alternately, if people feel like 10 is too many, I'd be willing to step down to accommodate the other nominees, so we can get this show on the road. :) I realize that this proposal may make the voting seem redundant, but I think the original nominee list is actually pretty balanced. I'm not even particularly concerned about it either, considering that, if we fully adopt the consensus model, no single party should be able to run away with the decision making process. So how do you all feel about that idea of voting in the remaining five by acclamation? More to the point, does anyone have any questions or concerns about this proposal? SDE _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://openaerialmap.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org
