Hi Göran and the Elections Team,
Well I do hope that the resounding silence doesnt put you off any. A big welcome Göran from me as our new leader! And welcome everyone to a new squeak election. We had a very difficult time last year getting anyone to discuss anything about the election. I have to say I did expect more reaction to the change.
I suppose it is time to come up with a schedule. Last year we decided to have a nomination period, a campaigning period and then a voting period. We have been asked to extend the voting period of 3 days because some people didn't check their email before voting closed.
Also we had a very difficult time getting people to step up and nominate themselves for the board. The period between nominations and voting was almost completely silent except for my attempt to get candidates to answer questions; I would consider that effort to not be worth the time. Some never answered any questions. And very few questions were submitted by the community.
So I guess my suggestion would be a longer nomination period and voting period and a shorter campaigning period. But overall it would be nice if we could still wrap it all up in just over a month.
What do you think?
Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member