On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:17 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Which is why you ask the community, at large, "Why didn't you vote?" > > Here are two reasons. > > I find the whole self-nomination process distasteful. While I > understand this is normal in some cultures it is very alien to other > cultures. It seems obvious to me that there are competent and willing > members who will not self-nominate and I don't understand why Fedora > insists they be excluded from the process. I would prefer there be a > way for community members to nominate quality people they know and > those nominated in this way could accept or decline such a nomination. > Others could nominate themselves if they wish to. > I can agree with this also. Where I was raised, a person who nominated themselves was the worst person to run something. > Range voting is another aspect of the process I find discouraging in > general. Suppose I know 3 of 10 candidates personally (at least I've > had direct interactions with a small subset of the candidates). The > other 7 candidates I perhaps know some by reputation and don't know > some at all. By what rational process am I supposed to assign votes to > the entire slate of candidates? Honestly I feel like what my vote ends > up being is fairly random data and is as likely to distort the > process to the detriment of some candidate I don't know and don't want > to penalize as it is to elect the candidates I might prefer. > I can agree with that also. Yes I have read the logical explanation, and my math friends say that it is valid.. but it just doesn't feel right. I would prefer a simple vote for 8 (or none of the above) in the first round, and 4 (or none of the above) in the second. Probably a lot less fair, but easier for my poor socially impaired brain to deal with. > So my choice to not vote was not made out of contentment with current > leadership, not made out of apathy, not made out of being happy with > the entire slate of candidates, but rather it was not made out of > frustration with the voting process. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > fedora-advisory-board mailing list > fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
