On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:50:24 +0100, jdd wrote:
Le 27/01/2012 03:01, Jim Henderson a écrit :
Where was/is the option to tell that we/I do not wan't to participate because of a given reason?
Valid point, and maybe something you should bring up to the election committee for the next election.
It's me (I think) that proposed to make the vote mandatory, and in my post I said that in that case an "I don't like this vote" option have to be added.
I see the mandatory vot as a way to at least as a minimum activity. And (for Bryan), I think than having a duty it's mandatory. Being removed from openSUSE member is not something that will kill somebody, and we can relax, that is may be say than *two* consecutive non-voting will start the removing procedure.
This way have a great advantage: it's completely automated (of course only in the selection process, we need to personnally try to contact people before removing)
Thanks for clarifying, jdd. I don't think a mandatory vote is necessary, even with an option on the ballot for abstention. It's possible what we're talking about doing do is fix an issue on the backend by making changes on the frontend. (ie, we can't track everyone's contributions effectively, so we're asking people to do something that takes time away from their actual contributions). It isn't as simple as adding an option to the ballot that says 'abstain'. If you force people to vote, there are those who will feel that they then have to be educated about their choices before casting a vote. That takes time - and even if one is going to explicitly abstain from a vote, we're asking that they keep up on project politics, which isn't everyone's cup of tea. Some people just want to write code and have that contribution acknowledged. I think that's reasonable. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org