Hi Vannessa,

Looks like we agree!

Just to clarify the dates changed because at the last minute we were told
that everyone that votes needed to first opt-in to receiving email from
CIVS to vote.  We discussed this and told the community and modified the
dates to extend the election for 1 week to allow everyone that wanted to
vote to opt-in.  We also at that time did not have 7 candidates so we felt
that it was reasonable to extend to allow people to opt-in and to give us
more time to encourage participation.  See: <
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2021-April/214952.html
>

We probably should have done that more and made it more visible.

All the best,

Ron Teitelbaum

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 2:57 PM Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Now that voting has started there is no way to remove your name. Plus
> people have already voted and I'm sure some have already voted for you.
> You can suggest that people not vote for you but we don't have rules for
> this situation.  The options are:
> 1. to exclude your name if you are elected and seat the 8th person on the
> list
> 2. You can resign after being elected and we would have 6 board members
> 3. We can seat the first 5 board members since our rules state that we
> should have an odd number.
> Board SeatsThe squeak community does its best to elect 7 board members
> each year. In the event that less than 7 board members run or less than 7
> are elected (see Voting for None of the Below) the next largest ODD number
> of board members will be elected to the board. The requirement for an ODD
> number of seats is to ensure that tie votes can be broken. For example, if
> 7 candidates run and 6 are elected, the highest 5 ranking board members
> will serve on the board.
>
> I would prefer option 1 because it makes the most sense to me.  It would
> be good to get feedback from the Squeak communities.  If everyone agrees we
> can just ignore Chris's name on the ballot.
>
> All the best,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 2:17 PM Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, now that we have 7 candidates, there's no need for me to run
>> anymore.   Please remove me from the list of candidates.
>>
>>  - Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:48 PM Bruce O'Neel <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What!?!?!  There is still time left?
>>>
>>> Ok, I'll throw my hat in the ring as well.
>>>
>>> I have used Squeak for 20 some years for fun projects.  Before that for
>>> a few glorious hours I had my hands on a Tex 4404 Smalltalk system and
>>> lusted for a Smalltalk of my own ever since.
>>>
>>> My involvement has been to keep the planet Squeak site somewhat up to
>>> date and to keep debug Linux VM build errors.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *23 April 2021 19:31 tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org <tim at rowledge.org>>
>>> wrote:*
>>>
>>> I want to add emphasis to a few words from John-Reed
>>>
>>> > On 2021-04-23, at 10:22 AM, John-Reed Maffeo wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I encourage anyone who is interested in Squeak to consider becoming a
>>> board member. It is a good way to learn more about Squeak as a project, and
>>> help keep development moving forward.
>>>
>>> Please don't think there is some need to be a Soopa-Uber-Hacker of
>>> Squeak in order to be a valuable Board member. If you love Squeak, if you
>>> have some time and effort you can spare to help keep the community going,
>>> then you'd be an asset.
>>>
>>> tim
>>> --
>>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>>> Oxymorons: Resident alien
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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