[Elections] Re: Elections - 24 hours to register!!!

[Daniel Vainsencher]

What is the situation with our contact people to communities off the 
list? They might not have as convenient a tool as SqP. if they tell us 
they need more time, we should seriously consider delaying the deadline 
(and therefore everything else) by a couple of weeks.

Daniel

Cees De Groot wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Some numbers:
>
>- Subscribers to squeak-dev: 1401.
>- Certified Squeak People accounts: 237.
>
>That is *not* a good ratio. It means that our voting registry will
>have some 15-20% of people on squeak-dev, so even if everyone on SqP
>votes it will still be a small minority who will have backed the
>"institution" SqF.
>
>Please, please - go to http://people.squeakfoundation.org/ and create
>an account if you haven't done so. Add a pointer to your homepage
>and/or a small description, for me that's been enough so far to at
>least recognize someone as being a "real person" which for me triggers
>certification to at least Apprentice, which is what you need to be in
>the voting registry.
>
>I want a strong board that can make decisions knowing that they're
>backed by a substantial number of Squeakers. And 15% ain't
>substantial, in my eyes...
>
>Regards,
>
>Cees
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