[Newbies] Time to Vote!

Mon Feb 5 15:47:31 UTC 2018

Hi Offray,

Thank you for your email.  Certainly, I think what you have to say is
on-topic.  Please do share.

All the best,

Ron

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:39 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas <
offray at riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi Ron,
>
> I'm pretty sure that the people in the voting list are pretty good. I
> can't vote because I don't know how to choose one over, without being part
> of other mailing list, which brings me back to what is happening in this
> list and how to improve it.
>
> I think that we all have been responsible for the silent times on this
> list. I remember it being pretty active when I subscribed, back in 2006 in
> the times of SqueakFest and OLPC. In fact 2006 was the first time I left my
> country to attend to SqueakFest. After that I changed, but the community
> was kind of the same. I found other Smalltalk variants more suited with my
> needs, but I hold dearly Etoys and many of ideas that crystallize in
> several variants of Smalltalk.
>
> Maybe I could talk about the themes that I feel are connected with this
> list despite of using Pharo to implement them: Critical code+data literacy
> for young and adults, hackerspaces & hackathons as alternative educational
> spaces and so on. If that is on-topic, I will be glad to share them. I
> really liked the strong educational focus of this community and I think
> that we can spread that focus to non-school contexts, despite of our
> Smalltalk flavor.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Offray
>
> On 02/02/18 19:34, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
>
> Hi Offray,
>
> I'd be happy to add you to the voting list.  Let me know and I'll add you
> for next year.
>
> I agree with you.  Many years ago I used to be much more active (if you
> can believe that).  My idea at the time was that we would actually have a
> period of time for campaigning.  For a while, I started doing community
> interviews for news.squeak.org.  I had tried also presenting questions,
> but I got some feedback that my questions were too focused on what I wanted
> and didn't represent the community at large.  At that point, I tried to
> encourage the community to ask questions instead but that didn't work
> either because nobody asked questions.  I'm was actually happy that
> everyone that is running this year gave some indication of what they are
> interested in doing and why they were running.  See
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 - Posts related to the Election
> (chronological).
>
> I can tell you that for the group of people we have running there are no
> bad votes!  Everyone is terrific!  I could highlight some differences but
> that won't really help because the community members were correct, I AM
> BIASED.  :)
>
> What I would recommend is getting on the voters' list.  Talk to your
> friends and get to know the people that are active in the community.  You
> might have to subscribe to Squeak-Dev or VM-Dev to get to know people
> better.  Most of the candidates don't often post to the beginners' list.
> The beginners' list has always had a soft spot in my heart. I was here from
> the very beginning.  That is why I include it in my election emails.  Wow,
> just looking the beginners' list started in May 2006[1], it's been 12
> years!  Once you have a good idea of what the community needs, you could
> ask questions!  Talk to the candidates. Your questions will probably be
> helpful for others that didn't take the time to ask but might want to know
> the answer too.
>
> Do let us know If you have other suggestions on ways we can improve or
> write me directly.  I will do whatever I can to help!
>
> All the best,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
>
> [1] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/beginners/2006-May/
> thread.html
>
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas <
> offray at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have seen the voting call, but I don't know who I could vote for. I
>> think that we have excellent candidates list, but having low voting rates
>> is, for me a symptom of low communication rates, not about the voting
>> candidates, but about what is happening in general in the community.
>>
>> So, how can approach the more structural program about improving
>> community participation and communication so, we can have a more informed
>> voting campaign and proactivity from voters and the community in general.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Offray
>>
>> On 02/02/18 08:06, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Not sure if I've mentioned this but IT"S TIME TO VOTE!
>>
>> You may be asking why is Ron pushing so hard for people to vote?
>>
>> We are on track to have our lowest vote count ever.  The number of voters
>> is going down year to year but the drop this year is significant.  I'm sure
>> we can do better!
>>
>> Please let me know if you have trouble finding your ballot.  I can resend
>> it to you.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Ron Teitelbaum
>>
>>
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