If Sebastian becomes the Elections Committee which is fine with me, how do we avoid a more-than-Clintonesque conflict-of-interest with his wife running for office, and himself running the election?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: > Yes, > Exactly this is my proposal, from my prior email: > > *I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct 2014.* > * I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the board, as > per the governance model.* > > Therefore, the board would have to appoint me formally. > > Regards, > Sebastian > > El 10/03/15 a las 13:01, Gonzalo Odiard escibiĆ³: > > Would be good if someone volunteer to integrate the elections committee > to replace Luke. > > Gonzalo > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sebastian, >> >> The election was discussed in public SLOB meetings. We made public >> decisions with opportunity for public input. If you want to ask the >> board to revisit its decisions, that is fine. Please try to be >> concrete in your proposal. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Sebastian Silva >> <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: >> > Actually, the governance model says nothing about election at the end of >> > every year, nor about shortages of candidates. It does say: >> > >> > Sugar Labs shall be governed by an Oversight Board, consisting of seven >> (7) >> > members elected by the Sugar community--the Sugar Membership. The >> positions >> > on the Oversight Board will be on a two-year staggered basis. The >> members of >> > the Oversight Board may be removed from the position at any time by a >> > majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal >> of a >> > member of the Oversight Board, the Community Members shall elect a >> > replacement Community Member to serve on the Oversight Board. >> > >> > In my humble opinion, the decision about when to do elections should not >> > reside with the board, but with the elections committee. >> > Aparently lfaraone is MIA. >> > >> > At any rate this course of events should've been discussed/announced to >> the >> > Sugar Labs members. >> > >> > It could've been expected, that the board members with expired period >> would >> > simply no longer be board members and that the 2 candidates would be >> > promoted to board members (as pretty much happened last year, except no >> > shortage). >> > >> > I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct 2014. >> > I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the board, as >> per >> > the governance model. >> > >> > I did not become a candidate because I was expecting do the gruntwork >> to run >> > the election. >> > >> > I will abide by what the majority of Sugar Labs members wish and the >> > accepted oversight board. >> > If we are to run elections any time we need to also follow >> > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members : >> > >> > Currency assurance policy[edit] >> > >> > In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is reflective of >> the >> > current status of the project and its participants, once a year members >> will >> > be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs Member. If >> this >> > request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it has >> been >> > a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six >> months >> > have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an >> invitation to >> > reapply. >> > >> > >> > I am in technical capacity and have the good will to begin working with >> > these objectives as soon as I get the board's appointment. >> > >> > I would like to hear more opinion from the community about the election >> > process. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Sebastian >> > >> > El 10/03/15 a las 11:47, Samuel Greenfeld escibiĆ³: >> > >> > If the current governing documents don't allow mid-term replacements >> due to >> > someone resigning or shortages, that might be something worth amending >> them >> > to include. >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Walter Bender < >> walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> We run elections at the end of each year. If we have fewer candidates >> >> than slots to fill, we don't run the election. We'll run another >> >> election at the end of 2015. >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> -walter >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> > I'm really sorry I didn't understood well your intructions at that >> >> > time... >> >> > >> >> > Now, my name is on the list ;D >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > According to your logic, we should run elections when we have enough >> >> > candidates. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > How many additional candidates do we need? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > 2015-03-10 11:23 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard <godi...@sugarlabs.org>: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Laura Vargas < >> la...@somosazucar.org> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Hi Gonzalo, >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Regarding the Sugar Labs Board, if no elections are going to me be >> >> >>> made, how do you justify not to rotate the board members with long >> >> >>> time active volunteers? specially those who have shown interest, >> like >> >> >>> I have >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Laura, >> >> >> Why you didn't follow the procedure to make your candidature? >> >> >> You only needed add your name to >> >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates >> >> >> >> >> >> That was requested many times, and there are only two candidates to >> >> >> fill 4 >> >> >> seats. >> >> >> >> >> >> Gonzalo >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Thanks and I really hope (for the sake of the kids) we can run a >> >> >>> democratic community soon! >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> 2015-03-10 10:06 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard <godi...@sugarlabs.org>: >> >> >>> > Hi Sebastian, >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > In this specific case, we will keep the replies from the >> deployments >> >> >>> > confidential >> >> >>> > and release a general inform with conclusions without naming the >> >> >>> > deployment >> >> >>> > involved. >> >> >>> > There are a reason for that, and anybody involved in negotiation >> >> >>> > with >> >> >>> > countries will understand. >> >> >>> > Every time than a country say will buy N number of hardware with >> X >> >> >>> > software, >> >> >>> > all the big companies start to pressure. >> >> >>> > Transparency have a big value, but we can't be naive. >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> and we are organizing a face to face meeting with all the >> members >> >> >>> >> fro >> >> >>> >> SLOBs, >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> How will this help to address Dan's (valid) concern? >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> to discuss strategies. >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > We need do a deep discussion we can't do by irc or email. >> >> >>> > I don't know if this is the solution, but we are trying something >> >> >>> > different. >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> We are discussing more ideas, like survey the community and >> >> >>> >> teachers, >> >> >>> >> like >> >> >>> >> was proposed in this list. >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> And? >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > I don't understand the question. >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > Gonzalo >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >> >>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> >>> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> >>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> -- >> >> >>> Laura V. >> >> >>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire >> >> >>> IRC kaametza >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Happy Learning! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Gonzalo Odiard >> >> >> >> >> >> SugarLabs - Software for children learning >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Laura V. >> >> > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org >> >> > >> >> > Identi.ca/Skype acaire >> >> > IRC kaametza >> >> > >> >> > Happy Learning! >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Walter Bender >> >> Sugar Labs >> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> > > > > -- > Gonzalo Odiard > > SugarLabs - Software for children learning > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >
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