Hi all!
(this is a personal reflection)
"Brent Vukmer" brent.vukmer@gmail.com wrote:
The voters have elected:
Cees de Groot Marcus Denker Stephane Ducasse Bert Freudenberg Craig Latta Yoshiki Ohshima Tim Rowledge
157 votes were cast out of 347 authorized voters. Detailed election results are at http://tinyurl.com/gp4yz
Thanks candidates and voters.
Indeed. Ok, so we only got 347 voters and 45% voted. On one side it is low (both numbers) and on the other side it is... well, it could be worse. :)
The specific result?
Well, I am guessing that voters might have focused on technical accomplishments (coding etc) in the Squeak community and perhaps forgotten that the number one task for the board (at least as we have considered it during this first year with establishing the Team model and so on) is coordination, coordination, coordination.
And given that, I personally think that Ken has done a superb job - both in various Teams with such duties (Janitors, Box admin etc) and during the short time he was on the board before this election (he took over keeping track of all Teams from me). Ken has also been a steady presence on IRC guiding newbies (and Craig is regularly there too) and synchronizing things with especially me and Cees.
So seeing Ken not among the first 7 is a bit "sad" given his dedication. But then of course, the new board will set the "rules" for the game of 2006-2007 and who knows how it will be played - 7 members is not something encarved in stone, and most of the Real Work is done in Teams anyway which are open to all (given that the Team model is still used by the new board of course).
Anyway, the way we will handle the "transfer" from the old board to the new is that for a period of time both the old members and the new will be on the board list together, and then the "drop outs" will be unsubscribed (at least this is what I think we should do).
In practice this means Craig, Tim, Yoshiki and Bert joins the list now and later me, Doug, Ken and Noury drops out of it.
During this short period I am foreseeing some discussion about how the board has worked and how it *will* work for the next year.
Again, I repeat - this is a *personal* reflection email from me - not from the old nor the new board. :)
regards, Göran