* Sarah Julia Kriesch <ada.lovelace@gmx.de> [09-10-18 05:25]:
I would say it depends on the topic. Sometimes we have to discuss. Another topic needs only 1 time reading, hearing different opinions in some small sentences and after that you can have the decision.
The Board exist with different people you have elected. So we can have different opinions. If we have a 50:50 or 60:40 decision as a result, we follow the topic up a matter with a new discussion. If only 1 person votes against the decision, this person has to accept the voting of the others. That's democrazy. The only question is how much or what should be made public. Do we really want to read the name of the Board Member who voted against? Is that necessary?
I fail to see the problem with revealing the vote weather one or two or ... do not follow the majority. there is no shame in disagreement, it only shows disagreement. unless there is a unanimous result, there will always be a dissenter, one or more who disagree. a consensus does not require unanimity.
On the other side we have European rules like the new European privacy regulation. So we are not allowed to publish names without any agreement.
I would surely thing that to be a member of the board, one would be compelled to agree to the rules for the board, so the problem of agreement does not exist, or we have board member(s) who should not be on the board. when one puts aside the possibility of revealing personal data or non-disclosure items, I fail to see the problem with revealing the vote. either I am quite dense (a definite possibiltiy) or you (collective) have failed to present a compelling agrument. reveal the vote with respect to the two situations above or call for a vote from the board about revealing the vote, or present it to the membership for a vote. and the board voting on this would be somewhat self-serving. I believe the membership should decide. btw, I read the lists and see the posts there. I have not requested and have absolutely no requirement for an additional personal mail for what I can read on the lists. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org