Top post: what work needs doing on the election team? I may have a small bit of time to contribute, depending. 

On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:02 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:

> On 07.03.2012, at 23:48, Chris Cunningham wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Edgar J. De Cleene
>> <edgardec2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/7/12 2:57 PM, "Chris Cunnington" <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> * a person would be eligible to vote by having shown they¹d made a
>>>> contribution
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think the list should be SqueakSource members who have at less one project
>>> and this was active in the last year.
>>> 
>> This is a great rule to include someone, but shouldn't be our only rule.
> 
> Right. 
> 
>> What about people who have directly added to the trunk (either via
>> committing directly, or to the inbox?)  What about people who help
>> with documentation?
> 
> Definitely.
> 
>> Heck, what about lurkers that just use Squeak, and want to have a
>> chance to weigh in on a board that aligns with how they want Squeak to
>> go forward in the future (which is, more or less, where I fall)?
>> 
>> -Chris
> 
> 
> IMHO people need to be able to show *some* contribution to the community. That does not have to be code, but they need to be actively involved, or have been actively involved in the past.
> 
> The bar should be low, but there should be a bar. I think there should be a public list of names on the website. Those on the list can vote. To get on the list, send an email to the election team, and say why you think you should be on the list. The election team would approve or reject the request (but I expect there will be very very few rejections, if at all).
> 
> How does that sound? And who would volunteer to be on the election team, to help out Göran?
> 
> - Bert -
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