[Elections] Squeak Elections Summary

[Ron Teitelbaum]

I totally agree with your assessment about the level of conversation and the
discussions of the direction that the board should be moving.  It would have
been a great time to get the community engaged on what the board should be
doing and then let candidates say if they support that platform.  It is
interesting that Stef seems to support a direction that wasn't even
discussed.

I really don't know what to do about it, since the community is really so
small, and the participation level, people that asked questions and made
comments, was only in the 10's of people.  

It is definitely something to think about.

Ron


> From: Daniel Vainsencher
> 
> To stay for a moment on the technical sides:
> 
> Yes, I agree - not bad overall. Many of these problems could have been
> solved, however, by some of the following precautions:
> 
> 1. Telling people in advance to check that their SqP account is
> certified, has a current email address, and a full name (the last should
> be a requirement to voting).
> 2. Getting the SqP list from Ken with full names and certifications as
> well as emails. Makes dealing with missing emails more likely.
> 3. Sending mails to all SqP accounts mentioning the elections - both to
> awaken observers that may have done more since, and to get the bounces
> earlier.
> 
> While sending people ballots manually was critical this time, we should
> try to avoid it in general, since malicious voters might use it to vote
> twice.
> 
> On other fronts, I was happy we had lots of candidates and less than
> thrilled about the level of conversation that developed between
> candidates and voters. I think that while it isn't our role to guide the
> discussion, we do need to do something to have more meaningful platform
> statements. I think we should probably have this part of the discussion
> on squeak-dev, though.
> 
> Daniel Vainsencher
> 
> Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Here's a quick summary of what happened in our election
> >
> > Server error
> >       1 user reported
> >
> > Wrong Email in Squeak People
> >       5 users 	New email added ballots resent
> >
> > Ineligible voters requesting ballot
> > 	2 users
> >
> > Couldn't find Email
> > 	3 users    2 resent (1 found by user)
> >
> > Bounces
> > 	12 emails bounced
> >
> > Issues:
> > 	0-10 emails were not on squeakPeople export
> > 	Numbers on front page are wrong
> > 	Should be:
> >
> > 	Observer 96
> > 	Apprentice 245
> > 	Journeyer 118
> > 	Master 34
> >
> > 	Total 493
> >
> > I'd say it went pretty well,
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> > Squeak Elections Team Member
> >
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