On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Andreas Thienemann <andreas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This I believe is the hardest nut to crack with Fedora elections. The > Fedora Board and FESCo and others think of themselves as being part of > a meritocracy (at least that is my perception of what they think) but > at the same time are trying to encourage more widespread democratic > participation which naturally runs counter to perpetuating the > meritocracy. > A meritocracy _is_, in a sense, a democracy, so voting limited to a meritocratic system is not "closed". Anyone has the right to participate and thus join the meritocracy -- unless you're implying that Fedora is preventing users from joining it (and I don't think you are). For those who do not have the knowledge, or do not have the time to contribute, by logical reasoning it follows that they deserve _less_ influence than those who do. I do not contribute to Fedora, so I do not expect to be given the same privileges of influence/decision making as someone who actually does -- e.g., a developer or contributor. To do otherwise would be presumptuous and audacious of me. Absolute democracy in society is based on the loose idea that everyone is a citizen -- therefore, everyone contributes to society and deserves a say. In this sense, you can limit Fedora voting to Fedora contributors, and the community is still a democracy. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
