On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 02:30:31PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Personally, I think annual elections are a good thing, pretty much for the > reasons outlined by Jeff in: > > http://lists.linux.org.au/archives/linux-aus/2005-July/msg00030.html
I'll summarize those as "if people want continuity in people on (the board/the DPL position/whatever), they can re-elect them". I don't think it works that way. Given an apparently non-active incumbent and a much-promising challenger, people are more likely to vote for the much-promising challenger (provided this challenger is promising what the electorate wants, of course). It doesn't matter whether the incumbent is really non-active, or whether they've had to do much behind-the-scenes work to be able to get something done. Having a two-year term allows them a bit more leeway in that regard. But that's just my opinion; YMMV, and I never got any classes in anything related to political sciences. Additionally, I do think that having a vote about a new leader every year gets old rather quickly, with the electorate having hardly forgotten the previous elections as the next already start. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]