Hi everyone,

While I already consider this election a success in the sense of 
attracting a large list of worthy candidates, many of them outside the 
pool of "usual suspects", I fear that without some help, it will be less 
meaningful that the last elections in a very important way.

There are communities of Squeak users that do not subscribe to 
squeak-dev at all. I think any board we choose will automatically be 
weaker if the pool of voters (and candidates!) excludes all those 
communities by default. One of the goals I envision for the board is to 
keep our ties to those communities, but this mission has to begin before 
the board is even elected, in making sure they are represented.

Last year, we had representatives from those communities helping round 
out the list of voters with people active in them. The elections team is 
not a member of those communities, and we will not be able to do this 
without your help. Anyone willing to help with this task, please contact 
me personally, or subscribe to the elections mailing list and then send 
a message there. If you cannot do this yourself, but know an appropriate 
representative that might, please put us in touch.

Daniel Vainsencher