AJ,
2010/9/29 Andreas Jaeger
On Wednesday 29 September 2010 15:21:14 Rupert Horstkötter wrote:
[...] Also the rule to follow if insufficient nominations occur isn't clear to me. If I understand this correct, the board would be able to appoint anyone out of curiosity (incl. the not-voted-for candidate) if the regular vote fails for some reason. This doesn't lead to community
Correct.
representation of the board from my perspective and thus need to be changed to another mechanism.
So far I have not seen any better mechanism than infinite voting ;). Let me quote from my first text on this:
We should have a light weight process that is not overly complex and results in endless votes. We vote for people that volunteer their time for the openSUSE project and don’t get any material benefits for it. So, let’s keep that in mind when discussing alternatives.
If you have a better proposal, please speak up - but on a practical level I think this is the best thing we as project can do to keep the board functional.
It's indeed hard to find a better proposal other than infinite voting. It wasn't clear to me (out of the posted draft text) that such a nominated board member would serve just one year as a restriction. IMO a good approach to overcome the somehow diminished community representation. Still, I have one additional question: Would the board also be able to appoint someone that in advance haven't got the votes required, i.e. a community-rejected candidate? If so, I'd propose to exclude such a possibility from the board's opportunities. The text says "In case that seats do not get elected, the new board will appoint them" and to my understanding that include such cases atm.
From my perspective this should be changed in order to preserve at least that kind of community integrity/decision.
Your valid concern is handled by the additional restriction that any appointments are only appointments until the next election - so for at most a year but never for longer.
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