>> As a start is there a general need to raise the awareness of the >> election and voting process we are using? >> Can we generate general interest material covering topics like: >> Why vote? How do you qualify for voting? What's this range voting stuff? > >>From out in the field I hear several reasons people don't vote. One > common reason is that they are new to the project and don't feel they > know enough about who everyone is and what the various committees do > to feel competent to participate. That's exactly the reason why I didn't vote for the first election I was allowed to : the latest Fedora Board election. > So one thing that I think would help new contributors get their > bearings, and not just with respect to elections, is something like an > organization chart that explains the structure of the Fedora project > generally. What are all these committees? What purpose do they serve? > What problems do the solve? Knowing that much will suggest a reason to > care to many people I think. That would not really have helped me (and people in my case). My issue was that I knew absolutely nothing about the candidates. How could I vote for one or another ? The answer came from Yaakov Neemoy after some beers: if I don't know who to vote for, I should just give the same score to everyone. That will have the exact same result, except it will show that I care enough about Fedora to actually take the time to do it. This possibility, as evident as it might seem, was totally unclear to me, and I don't think I'm the only one. It might be worth adding that in the voting page I guess. Regards, ---------- Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) French Fedora Ambassador ---------- "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
