On 8 mars 07, at 23:34, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:

> stephane ducasse wrote:
>> I would really like to see if we can get more people voting in the  
>> future.
>> If you have ideas or suggestions I would be interested.
> First we need to engage our sibling communities. My call for  
> representatives went unanswered, and probably for good cause. To  
> gain access to them, we need to create and use some common  
> communication channels (blogs?). To gain their interest, the Board  
> should be doing things that matter to those communities, then they  
> will want to vote to affect how things go. Getting an SqP account  
> is not so great a barrier, if they are interested enough.
>
> The other thing I think would help (the quality of votes,  
> certainly, and maybe their number) is a livelier debate on the  
> issues between the candidates. While the voters have an interest in  
> asking questions, and the elections team wants to see a nice  
> discussion, the people that have the most to gain from it are the  
> candidates. This is an opportunity for a candidate to:
> - Convince voters your opinions make sense, therefore they should  
> vote for you.
> - Get to know your future board members, and their stance on the  
> subjects you'll be trying to work on.
> - Clarify to yourself your own goals for this term, and commit  
> publicly to some of them.

  I agree. But I was out of steam to argue debate....

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> Nevertheless, there was not much back and forth. Some people think  
> the Board is not a technical forum, while at least Bert thinks it  
> should be, or at least one should exist. Discussion? none. Funding  
> projects seems to be more more popular this year, to Stef's joy.  
> But at the end of the elections, he still doesn't know whether it  
> will happen. Why not?
>
> Daniel
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>> Stef
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>>> Daniel
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>>> stephane ducasse wrote:
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> ***Thanks*** for the people that voted for me. I take it as a  
>>>> responsibility.
>>>> I would have wished to see more new blood in the board and more  
>>>> electors.
>>>>
>>>> Now as I said in the reply I wrote on the wiki election board,  
>>>> what is the process if as the 'guy never happy with life or xxx  
>>>> (fill as you prefer)' I decide that the board did not change  
>>>> enough and I want to redraw and let some new blood getting it.
>>>>
>>>> Stef
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you again for voting.  Our percentage of votes was higher  
>>>>> then last
>>>>> year.  We had 182 votes from 392 ballots that were sent out.
>>>>>
>>>>> The winners are:  (in alphabetical order)
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew P. Black
>>>>> Cees de Groot
>>>>> Stéphane Ducasse
>>>>> Bert Freudenberg
>>>>> Craig Latta
>>>>> Yoshiki Ohshima
>>>>> Tim Rowledge
>>>>>
>>>>> You can see more details about the election here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ypm95q
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again and congratulations to the new Squeak Foundation  
>>>>> Board 2007.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron Teitelbaum & The Squeak Elections Team
>>>>>
>>>>>
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