Elections February 2008

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Squeak Board Member Responsibilities (was: [Newbies] Squeak Foundation Election 2008 coming up!)
by Ron Teitelbaum 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi Richard, I'd be happy to summarize the responsibilities of the Squeak Foundation board members. The board members are elected by the community to help the community address issues. The issues depend on what the community wants done but more specifically what the elected board members are capable of accomplishing, given their abilities some but mostly because of limited time to devote to projects. There are no requirements for any activity or participation, nor are there currently any ways to remove board members, or even to replace board members that resign. We elect new members yearly. We are in the process of making a legal entity for the board. When that happens, the board will be bound by more formal rules relating to not-for-profit entities. But the ultimate responsibilities for that will be the Software Freedom Foundation Conservancy who will have the ultimate say, which protects board members. At that time I believe we do have a way to replace board members that resign. We are also in the process of re-licensing Squeak, with the help of Viewpoints Research Institute www.vpri.org . The board and the community are participating in that to help accomplish this task. If you received an agreement from VPRI and haven't sent it in please take a moment and do it!! We are also in the process of figuring out if a Technical Board should be formed that would have more responsibilities to lead the development of Squeak and be the final arbitrator of where we go technically, but this was only suggested by some current board members but hasn't happened yet. The current board meets on a monthly basis by IRC (so no travel required). They communicate also by a private email list. There was talk about allowing prior board members continued access to that list with no voting rights for advice (a board member emeritus status), but I'm not sure if that suggestion was ever followed up on. The previous board would post the notes of the meetings. This one did not or did not do it very often. There are some other responsibilities to keep the community running, servers, administrators, fund raising, groups responsible for code like network, VM, kernel ... and a number of volunteers that help keep things going. Those groups are semi-autonomous, because they are volunteers and because many of those groups existed before there was a board. I would think that they would consult with and heed the advice of the board if something warranted it. Mostly they keep going because they kept going in the past and because of some very talented, hard working and dedicated individuals. Now some disclaimers; I am not a lawyer, nor am I a board member, so take all this with a gain of salt. If I misstated anything I'm sure others will correct me, and if I left anything out please feel free to add to this summary of responsibilities. I just did this off the top of my head. Don't for get to register with squeak people http://people.squeakfoundation.org get certified and VOTE!! If you are planning to run for the board please announce your candidacy to squeak-dev by Feb 22, 2008. If you need to have your password changed on squeak people email: box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org . Happy Squeaking! Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Karpinski > > Maybe everybody knows, but could you summarize the duties and the > activities of board members so that people could tell easily whether > this would be an honor they would like to carry for a year? For > example, does board membership require or encourage international > travel or other activities involving serious time and financial > commitments? And what effect do board decisions have, anyway? > > Dick Karpinski, a definite non-candidate > > On 2008, Feb 5, , at 4:00, beginners- > request(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org wrote: > > > A year has passed (oh, so quickly) and it is time to reflect a bit and > > ramp up your democratic rights here in Squeak country! Every year we > > elect the Squeakfoundation Board (http://www.squeak.org/Foundation) > > consisting of seven members from our community. > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Proposed ANN email about election
by goran＠krampe.se 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi folks! I have been swaaaaamped unfortunately - but now I have fought myself through all emails here and I agree with the proposed schedule which I include below in the draft announcement email. Feel free to give me feedback, I will be on IRC from time to time - then I can send this ASAP. regards, Göran ---------------------------- Subject: Squeak Foundation Election 2008 coming up! Dear Squeakers, A year has passed (oh, so quickly) and it is time to reflect a bit and ramp up your democratic rights here in Squeak country! I have stepped up as the election leader of 2008 relieving Daniel Vainsencher of this duty (thank you Daniel for earlier elections!) and hope to lead us through it without too much problems. The schedule and process is as follows, only slightly adjusted from earlier years: Today -> 22nd february (circa 18 days): Nominations of board members Candidates should nominate themselves on the squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure that person really wants to run. :) 22nd february to 29th february: Campaigning period During this period the candidates should ideally present themselves and the community can ask questions. We will probably organise some form of structured Q&A activity. 1st march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election starts using the CIVS system The voting period is one week long and ballots are sent out via email. Only Squeakers rated as Apprentice (or higher) on people.squeakfoundation.org are eligible to vote - make sure your email address is up to date there!!! 8th march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election ends Results will be announced as soon as possible on the 8th or 9th. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have an account but cannot access it any longer please email box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org and specify your account name. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link for the voting website. If there are any questions, just reply and I will follow up on squeak-dev. More information and details will follow and everything about the election can be tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran Krampe on behalf of the Election Team

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That was really silly
by Ron Teitelbaum 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Sorry !! That was really silly. I was typing them in to get the addresses. Please go ahead and send it anyway!! Feel free to add some comment about my earlier email!! Man o man, unbelievable. I'm just going to go sit in a corner now!! Ron

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[ANN] Squeak Foundation Election 2008 coming up!
by goran＠krampe.se 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

(Ron beat me to it :) but this one is official) Dear Squeakers, A year has passed (oh, so quickly) and it is time to reflect a bit and ramp up your democratic rights here in Squeak country! Every year we elect the Squeakfoundation Board (http://www.squeak.org/Foundation) consisting of seven members from our community. This year I have stepped up as the election leader of 2008 relieving Daniel Vainsencher of this duty (thank you Daniel for earlier elections!) and hope to lead us through it without too many problems - after all, we know how this works by now. :) The schedule and process is as follows, only slightly adjusted from earlier years: Now through 22nd February (circa 18 days): Nominations of board members Candidates should nominate themselves on the squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure that person really wants to run. :) 22nd February to 29th February: Campaigning period During this period the candidates should ideally present themselves and the community can ask questions. We will probably organise some form of structured Q&A activity - details to follow soon. 1st march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election starts using the CIVS system The voting period is one week long and ballots are sent out via email. Only Squeakers rated as Apprentice (or higher) on people.squeakfoundation.org are eligible to vote - make sure your email address is up to date there!!! 8th march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election ends Results will be announced as soon as possible on the 8th or 9th. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm that you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have an account but cannot access it any longer please email box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org and specify your account name. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link to the voting website. If there are any further questions, just reply and I will follow up on squeak-dev. More information and details will follow and everything about the election can be tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran Krampe on behalf of the Election Team

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RE: [Elections] Welcome New Elections Leader - Time to organize
by Göran Krampe 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Hi! > I heard from Göran and he said that he was available this afternoon to > read > over our emails. I mentioned that if he couldn't make it we could just > wait > till Monday instead. > > Ron Yesterday didn't go well - so I missed my window - but today I will get an hour at least and intend to read through and then post a proposed ANN-email to the election list. I will then wait until say monday/tuesday before sending it to squeak-dev and the other lists. Fair? regards, Göran

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FW: [Elections] Welcome New Elections Leader - Time to organize
by Ron Teitelbaum 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

-----Original Message----- From: Ron Teitelbaum [mailto:Ron@USMedRec.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:12 PM To: 'Ken Causey' Subject: RE: [Elections] Welcome New Elections Leader - Time to organize > From: Ken Causey [mailto:ken@kencausey.com] > > I would really just prefer that the community at large be offered the > opportunity and that it be made very clear that this is their primary > opportunity to not only get the opinion of nominees but also to point > out issues of concern to them, really its up to them then to choose or > not choose to take advantage of the opportunity. However, if you also > want to pointedly ask certain individuals for questions that would be OK > also. But only doing that would be a form of bias as well, you are > selecting who to ask. > > Ken Yeah that makes sense. I'm ok with adding the wiki page for asking questions like we had last time, and I can remind people to put their questions there and remind candidates to answer them. I think you are right that individually asking people for questions could be considered loading the deck, depending on who I ask. So we can just leave that out. Ron

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Welcome New Elections Leader - Time to organize
by Ron Teitelbaum 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

Hi Göran and the Elections Team, Well I do hope that the resounding silence doesnt put you off any. A big welcome Göran from me as our new leader! And welcome everyone to a new squeak election. We had a very difficult time last year getting anyone to discuss anything about the election. I have to say I did expect more reaction to the change. I suppose it is time to come up with a schedule. Last year we decided to have a nomination period, a campaigning period and then a voting period. We have been asked to extend the voting period of 3 days because some people didn't check their email before voting closed. Also we had a very difficult time getting people to step up and nominate themselves for the board. The period between nominations and voting was almost completely silent except for my attempt to get candidates to answer questions; I would consider that effort to not be worth the time. Some never answered any questions. And very few questions were submitted by the community. So I guess my suggestion would be a longer nomination period and voting period and a shorter campaigning period. But overall it would be nice if we could still wrap it all up in just over a month. What do you think? Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member

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