<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi All,</div><div><br></div><div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jeremy's thoughtful message below prompts me to suggest that we add two pages to <a href="http://Squeak.org">Squeak.org</a>, one for the election and another for members of the community to add mini bios with optional links to more extensive information, similar to the Pharo contributors list at </span><a href="https://pharo.org/about">https://pharo.org/about</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, given that we have <a href="http://squeak.org/board/">http://squeak.org/board/</a>, why don't we have two versions, one for normal and one for the election period? We could add arguments for voting to persuade people like Jeremy that voting can be done for arbitrary reasons, as in any election, and that voting turnout is used to estimate active community size, and so we'd much rather have an ill informed or irrational vote than no vote at all :-)<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">_,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)</span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 2, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Jeremy Landry <<a href="mailto:hakyoku@gmail.com">hakyoku@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I'm abstaining from voting because I have no idea who anyone on the list is aside from Bert off the top of my head. I'm also not even sure how to or where to vote nor am I sure of eligibility in the first place. That said, even if someone said to me, 'no it's okay, you can vote', it still wouldn't mitigate the fact that I'd be voting purely from a perspective of familiarity which would in turn undermine the legitimacy of voting at all.<div><br></div><div>I'm only responding because of the incredible push for voting in this election I keep seeing above and beyond regular Smalltalk-related posts. I suppose that happens in any election season though! :) </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:06 AM, Ron Teitelbaum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ron@usmedrec.com" target="_blank">ron@usmedrec.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Not sure if I've mentioned this but IT"S TIME TO VOTE!</div><div><br></div><div>You may be asking why is Ron pushing so hard for people to vote?</div><div><br></div><div>We are on track to have our lowest vote count ever. The number of voters is going down year to year but the drop this year is significant. I'm sure we can do better!</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have trouble finding your ballot. I can resend it to you. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ron Teitelbaum </div></div>
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