On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 15:16, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like to take a minute to actually propose something concrete for > the Board to consider as it sees fit in the coming months. The > conversation in the related thread has now veered off into areas I > don't want to pursue. > > Proposed Changes: > > F15 Election (the next election): no change > F16 Election : convert the post election appointed seat to an elected seat > F17 Election: convert the post election appointed seat to an elected seat > > The principle reason I want to make this change is to empower the > Fedora community to effectively control the composition of its primary > governance body. I also want it to be clear to everyone both inside > and outside of Fedora that it is the Fedora Project who determines who > governs the project. > > I accept the reasons given for retaining some appointed seats as > sound. Looking back over the past four elections it appears to me that > the post election appointment was used to seat the candidate who > received the most votes without landing in an elected seat. This I > think argues that we are not short of strong and capable candidates > running and don't need to consider reducing the number of Board seats > unless there are other considerations. > I am for this if we can change how we elect people (either make voting mandatory, change range-voting to a more parliamentary system, and/or make voting per seat versus pool). As I have said before, while I would have gotten this slot if there had been one more seat available.. the difference in votes for me versus the next candidate (and versus the other 2 contenders) was significant. -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
