[Elections] Re: Can you run another single person election for us?

[Ron Teitelbaum]

All, 

I strongly believe that we should try, if at all possible, to have a full
board.  Whether or not we elect a new member or use the runner up, the
member should be replaced immediately.  This could help to elevate
unexpected and negative consequences of team politics.   

Ron Teitelbaum


> From: Daniel Vainsencher
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:49 PM
> 
> To me either policy seems ok as such, but choosing the course of action
> each time is not (because then the board members are effectively
> choosing whether to let the next candidate in). So I ask the board to
> make and publish a policy on this matter (possibly with discussion on
> squeak-dev, or whatever) or ask the election team to.
> 
> The same applies to other matters related to the semantics of the
> elections, such as the authority and responsibilities the board has.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> Peter Crowther wrote:
> >> From: Cees De Groot
> >> An alternative: ask the first runner-up of the previous elections to
> >> join.
> >>
> >
> > I'm not sure whether this is appropriate or not as a general principle,
> > although I have no problems with it in this case.  We had more
> > candidates than board members, but not by much.  If many more board
> > members were to leave, the voters would be stuck with me on the board,
> > when I came firmly last in the elections - hardly a ringing endorsement
> > :-).
> >
> >
> >> It's probably "documented" in some mailing list archive, but the idea
> >> was to hold elections every year around the same time, which would be
> >> February...
> >>
> >
> > That was my understanding: the posts were for 12 months.
> >
> > 		- Peter
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