100% attendance at anything involving a group this size is unfeasible, really. But I know of other online groups, both inside and outside of the Ubuntu community, who hold annual meetings online. Some even do it offline in neat places like Beijing or the Riviera :-)
If someone is unable to attend, they could publicly - like on this list or on the wiki - assign their voting rights to someone they know and trust - a proxy. The proxy would then have their own vote as well as the vote of the person who gave them their vote. It would be hoped that the person casting the proxy vote would vote how the absent person would have voted had they been able to attend. Again, let me reiterate what I said earlier, we need to make this an action meeting - lots of decision making - and get the discussion out of the way here before the meeting or this meeting will go on way too long and nothing will get accomplished. John B On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 18:15 +0100, VidA wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, John Vilsack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Due to the international nature of the group, I also think a meeting is > > somewhat unfeasible for 100% attendance. > > agreed. > > > > > I am about 90% done with a rough draft of a proposal to the council which > > covers the three main topics (focus on materials and collaboration, > > core-marketers, Canonical liasion) which I will post once I have something > > readable but certainly before the meeting. > > It will be nice to read that before the meeting so folks with more > ideas can discuss it in the meeting. > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:32 PM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As for what day of the week, I suggest either Sat. or Sun. since that > > +1 for a weekend. UTC 1500-1800 for weekends works well for me. > > Regarding the wiki, its OK to make mistakes (we all do, dont we?) and > mess it up. We can always do a revert. So feel free to use it :) > -- Peace! John You do have choice on what operating system you use: http://www.ubuntu.com/ I am an Ubuntu user! My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow -------------------------------------------------------------- Read my blog: http://hbotscharow.com John Botscharow: Reflections on Religion, Politics & Life -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
