Seems like a valid point. p.s. not saying the current candidates are not valid or worthy :) p.s.s. a valid point that this year we should continue as is. It isn't fair to the ones that have submitted their candidacy on time.
-- Jared Jennings On Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > It is not a good thing when there are so few candidates > that nearly all have to be elected. With just 8 candidates > and a 7-member board, we are only voting about which single > one of these candidate not to put on the board. That is getting > pretty close to no choice at all. What would we do if there were > only 7 candidates? If there were only 6? > > I propose changing the election rules for future elections so that if > the number of candidates is less than 7/4 the size of the board, there > will be another request for candidates, giving 5 days for people to > step forward. > > If that squeezes the subsequent step, then expand it > by moving all the previous dates 5 days earlier. > > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org (http://www.fsf.org) www.gnu.org (http://www.gnu.org) > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org (mailto:foundation-list@gnome.org) > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > >
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