[Newbies] Time to Vote!

Mon Feb 5 16:04:51 UTC 2018

+1000

Definitely on topic. Thanks for speaking up, and I too am interested in what
you have to say.

Dave

On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 10:47:31AM -0500, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> Hi Offray,
> 
> Thank you for your email.  Certainly, I think what you have to say is
> on-topic.  Please do share.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:39 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna C??rdenas <
> offray at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that the people in the voting list are pretty good. I
> > can't vote because I don't know how to choose one over, without being part
> > of other mailing list, which brings me back to what is happening in this
> > list and how to improve it.
> >
> > I think that we all have been responsible for the silent times on this
> > list. I remember it being pretty active when I subscribed, back in 2006 in
> > the times of SqueakFest and OLPC. In fact 2006 was the first time I left my
> > country to attend to SqueakFest. After that I changed, but the community
> > was kind of the same. I found other Smalltalk variants more suited with my
> > needs, but I hold dearly Etoys and many of ideas that crystallize in
> > several variants of Smalltalk.
> >
> > Maybe I could talk about the themes that I feel are connected with this
> > list despite of using Pharo to implement them: Critical code+data literacy
> > for young and adults, hackerspaces & hackathons as alternative educational
> > spaces and so on. If that is on-topic, I will be glad to share them. I
> > really liked the strong educational focus of this community and I think
> > that we can spread that focus to non-school contexts, despite of our
> > Smalltalk flavor.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Offray
> >
> > On 02/02/18 19:34, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> >
> > Hi Offray,
> >
> > I'd be happy to add you to the voting list.  Let me know and I'll add you
> > for next year.
> >
> > I agree with you.  Many years ago I used to be much more active (if you
> > can believe that).  My idea at the time was that we would actually have a
> > period of time for campaigning.  For a while, I started doing community
> > interviews for news.squeak.org.  I had tried also presenting questions,
> > but I got some feedback that my questions were too focused on what I wanted
> > and didn't represent the community at large.  At that point, I tried to
> > encourage the community to ask questions instead but that didn't work
> > either because nobody asked questions.  I'm was actually happy that
> > everyone that is running this year gave some indication of what they are
> > interested in doing and why they were running.  See
> > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 - Posts related to the Election
> > (chronological).
> >
> > I can tell you that for the group of people we have running there are no
> > bad votes!  Everyone is terrific!  I could highlight some differences but
> > that won't really help because the community members were correct, I AM
> > BIASED.  :)
> >
> > What I would recommend is getting on the voters' list.  Talk to your
> > friends and get to know the people that are active in the community.  You
> > might have to subscribe to Squeak-Dev or VM-Dev to get to know people
> > better.  Most of the candidates don't often post to the beginners' list.
> > The beginners' list has always had a soft spot in my heart. I was here from
> > the very beginning.  That is why I include it in my election emails.  Wow,
> > just looking the beginners' list started in May 2006[1], it's been 12
> > years!  Once you have a good idea of what the community needs, you could
> > ask questions!  Talk to the candidates. Your questions will probably be
> > helpful for others that didn't take the time to ask but might want to know
> > the answer too.
> >
> > Do let us know If you have other suggestions on ways we can improve or
> > write me directly.  I will do whatever I can to help!
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> >
> > [1] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/beginners/2006-May/
> > thread.html
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna C??rdenas <
> > offray at riseup.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have seen the voting call, but I don't know who I could vote for. I
> >> think that we have excellent candidates list, but having low voting rates
> >> is, for me a symptom of low communication rates, not about the voting
> >> candidates, but about what is happening in general in the community.
> >>
> >> So, how can approach the more structural program about improving
> >> community participation and communication so, we can have a more informed
> >> voting campaign and proactivity from voters and the community in general.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Offray
> >>
> >> On 02/02/18 08:06, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Not sure if I've mentioned this but IT"S TIME TO VOTE!
> >>
> >> You may be asking why is Ron pushing so hard for people to vote?
> >>
> >> 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!
> >>
> >> Please let me know if you have trouble finding your ballot.  I can resend
> >> it to you.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Ron Teitelbaum
> >>
> >>
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