On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 15:16:41 Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On Friday 03 September 2010 15:05:02 Vincent Untz wrote:
Yo,
Le jeudi 02 septembre 2010, à 11:33 +0200, Andreas Jaeger a écrit :
Existing rules: * Only openSUSE members may run for the Board and vote, each
member having one ballot that has one vote per seat to be elected.
* The election is run by an Election Committee that consists of at
least three openSUSE members.
* None of the Election Committee can run for or be elected as an
openSUSE board member.
Oh, I had forgotten about this rule. I'm unsure it's really needed and I wonder if we could remove it. I can imagine a case where all the people with experience organizing an elections run for the elections, and so the election committee has no experience at all...
What do others thing?
I would personally say that those running the elections have to be neutral, so they can't be choosen... More a matter of principle (avoiding any hint of possible influence) than really a practical issue I guess. Either way, IF there is a situation where those running the elections have no experience they can always call on expertise of those who do.
I don't know how your election committee handles things, but ... In my experience, neutrality of whoever is counting/handling votes is very important. ie. You don't want someone running to also be counting/handling votes. It avoids the "appearance of impropriety" (as my lawyer wife would say.) Other than that, I don't think it matters if someone running for a board slot is also one of the 3 running the election. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org