[squeak-dev] Squeak Oversight Board Election 2021

Vanessa Freudenberg vanessa at codefrau.net
Mon Apr 26 19:05:56 UTC 2021


Ah I remember now. All good :)

Vanessa

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 12:04 PM Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:

> 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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