On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Pascal Bleser wrote:
We (the board) would like to start working on a proposal for organising the elections of the next board.
The key questions are: * Who can vote ?
I think that we should have a requirement of involement. A post to one of the lists or IRC, combined with user.opensuse.org and a signed Guiding principle. There should be a cut off from about 1 month prior to the election. This would/could stop the posion pill. The list of people allowed then could be verified. That is why I suggested the site. It automates everything. The main advantage is everyone has to have opted in to vote by meeting the requirements. What I like about the system is for instance you vote for the top 4 people per group. That is the you choose 4 from Novell employess and 4 from the community. The top 4 vote getters would be known. This would allow for replacements based on votes should the requirement for a replacement be needed.
* Who can we vote for ?
I feel every qualified person should be able to vote. That is why I suggested a minimum requirement of email or IRC envolvement. This demostrates some interest in OpenSUSE.
* How long should the voting period be ?
I like the period to be one or two weeks. This allows usually for vacations and such.
* How should elections work ? (from an organisational and technical POV)
I like a month of noninations with acceptance. This would also allow for
those interested in the postitions to provide a short intro and what they
would like to accomplish as part of the board. Followed by either one or
two weeks to cast the vote. This would make elections a maximum of 6
weeks.
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Boyd Gerber