On 05/06/09 21:43, James Carlson wrote: > Valerie Bubb Fenwick writes: > >> 466 people had active core contributor status at the time of the election >> 268 ballots were cast >> > It might be worth noting that 268 out of 466 is a little over 57.5%, > which compares pretty well against public election statistics. > (Around 50% for most US elections, 61.7% in the most recent.) > > It's not great, but it's not exactly a surprising result that would > compel explanation. >
That's true. The turn out wasn't that bad, but since we are dealing with such a tiny number of people in the community we ought to be able to get a significantly higher percentage of participation. We are talking about 466 people in OpenSolaris vs 120 million or so in the US election. I think that distinction in scale matters. I think if we make it a priority we can do it. Jim -- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/
