All,
There were two things that I didn't like about the election.
First, there should have been more written by the candidates about why they wanted to be on the board, and what they wanted to accomplish. (I believe Daniel pointed that out already)
Second, there was not enough support for candidates from existing board members. I would have liked to see write ups from board members and others supporting their favorite candidates. There are a number of people that I feel could have had a lot of influence on the election if they had actively supported candidates. It would have been helpful for people to come out and say who they supported and why.
Maybe during the next election there could be a debate, questions submitted to each candidate collated and presented as a platform comparison. We might also have individual pages where people could write comments so that we have a better idea of the current level of support that each candidate has from the community. Gauging the community support is a very important aspect of why each candidate should be elected.
I spent a great deal of time trying to encourage people to run (unsuccessfully). I also spent some time writing up a post to support my favorite candidates. I finally decided against sending it out because I didn't feel my standing in the community was strong enough for it to make a difference. Thinking back now I guess I should have sent it.
I think the board is made up of very good people. I can say also that Ken was instrumental in getting our cryptography group going and I would like to personally thank you Ken for your support and would hope that you continue to participate in this community no less then before.
We might also consider Board Member Emeritus status, which might include rights to the board list and encouragement to participate in discussions but with no voting rights. Just a thought.
Ron Teitelbaum President / Principal Software Engineer US Medical Record Specialists Ron@USMedRec.com Squeak Cryptography Team Leader Squeak News Team Member
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev- bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Cees De Groot Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:01 PM To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list Subject: Re: Election results
On 2/24/06, Ken Causey ken@kencausey.com wrote:
Thank you Göran for your vote of encouragement. But actually I'm pretty happy to be able to turn to other things for a while.
To be frank, I wouldn't have minded at all not to be re-elected :-). But still, I don't like this particular bit of the outcome at all - one of the hardest-working guys on the board didn't get re-elected. That means that either the community does not want hard-working people on the board, or - more likely - that there's a disconnect here. It'll be an important item on the agenda for the coming board to work on that.