Re: London.pm leader election

2010-10-03 Thread Dave Cross
On 09/24/2010 10:43 AM, Léon Brocard wrote: > Dave Cross has agreed to be returning officer. > > Timeline: > > 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > before this date I case it wasn't clear - this means that nomination close at midnight British Summer Time tonig

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-27 Thread 'lesleyb'
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:28:12PM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote: > On 24 September 2010 10:43, Léon Brocard wrote: > > > 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > > before this date > > Could I gently remind people to get their nominations in? You may, of > course, nom

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-27 Thread Léon Brocard
On 24 September 2010 10:43, Léon Brocard wrote: > 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > before this date Could I gently remind people to get their nominations in? You may, of course, nominate yourself. Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-27 Thread Leo Lapworth
On 25 September 2010 08:29, Mark Fowler wrote: > I nominate Leo Lapworth, if he's willing. > Oh, go on then :) Thanks to those people who have nudged me about this. My Manifesto: 1) Carry on as we are mostly, lots of excellent people already to lots of the organising 2) I won't make every soc

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-25 Thread Mark Fowler
The orange one wrote: > Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > before this date I nominate Leo Lapworth, if he's willing. The primary responsibilities of the job being answering emails and making sure tasks that are handled by self organisation remain handled by self organisa

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:35:02PM +0100, Denny wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 16:20 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > Alternatively, is there a duties and responsibilities list for the role > > > of leader somewhere? That might lead to some more serious consideration > > > of good candidates fo

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Denny
On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 16:20 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > Alternatively, is there a duties and responsibilities list for the role > > of leader somewhere? That might lead to some more serious consideration > > of good candidates for nomination. > > OK, I've not done it, but I think the (incom

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Roger Burton West
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote: >Seriously then, I propose that we consider being an autonomous >self-organising collective instead of having a leader. In the event that "none of the above" wins the final vote, what is to be done: a leaderless year as Denny proposes, or a n

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:25 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > > However, it can't organise pubs or techmeets, which makes it of limited > > > > utility. > > > > But *seriously*, it's all very well having a joke candidate, but if there's > >

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Tom Hukins
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote: > Seriously then, I propose that we consider being an autonomous > self-organising collective instead of having a leader. That's a reasonable proposition. Anyone who wants this can stand for election as leader and let the cats herd themselves

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Léon Brocard
On 24 September 2010 16:16, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote: > >>Seriously then, I propose that we consider being an autonomous >>self-organising collective instead of having a leader. > > In the event that "none of the above" wins the final vote, w

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Dean Wilson
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote: > and tech meets (and dim sum, and heretics) already organised by > different people anyway? I organised tech meets for a while but it got increasingly harder to find willing speakers. Leon then took the role back under his control and did an

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Paul Orrock
On 24/09/2010 15:45, Denny wrote: Seriously then, I propose that we consider being an autonomous self-organising collective instead of having a leader. I also propose a name change to the Perlmongers Front of London ! A long nights debugging to all those who prefer the London Perlmongers Fron

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Denny
On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:25 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > However, it can't organise pubs or techmeets, which makes it of limited > > > utility. > > But *seriously*, it's all very well having a joke candidate, but if there's > no-one actually getting the thanks (and CV points) for doing the w

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:15:50AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:29:42PM +0100, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > > > Denny wrote: > > > >On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > > > >>Can we vote for

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:29:42PM +0100, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > > Denny wrote: > > >On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > > >>Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? > > > > > >You have to nominate it first. > > > > > >I

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Spiros Denaxas
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:45:27PM +0100, Spiros Denaxas wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Denny <2...@denny.me> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: >> >> Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? >> > >> >

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 02:01:57PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 02:56:05PM +0200, Abigail wrote: > > Personally, I'd like to nominate Prince Charles. > He's alive. And human. Surely we can find better candidates than that? No he's not, he's a shape-shifting lizard. -- D

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 02:56:05PM +0200, Abigail wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:47:52PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:29:42PM +0100, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > > > Denny wrote: > > > >On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > > > >>Can we vote for

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Abigail
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:47:52PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:29:42PM +0100, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > > Denny wrote: > > >On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > > >>Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? > > > > > >You have to nominate it first. > > >

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:45:27PM +0100, Spiros Denaxas wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Denny <2...@denny.me> wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > >> Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? > > > > You have to nominate it first. > > > > I second. > > > > > > >

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Jesse Vincent
I support this proposed public/private power sharing arrangement. Seconded. Twice (?) "David Cantrell" wrote: >On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, L?on Brocard wrote: > >> 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk >> before this date > >I nominate Amelia the st

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Dave Cross
On 09/24/2010 01:42 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, L?on Brocard wrote: > >> 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk >> before this date > > I nominate Amelia the stuffed camel. I also nominate Egbert the BBC > stuffed camel, wh

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Spiros Denaxas
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Denny <2...@denny.me> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: >> Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? > > You have to nominate it first. > > I second. > > > I nominate Nyarlathotep.

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:29:42PM +0100, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > Denny wrote: > >On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > >>Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? > > > >You have to nominate it first. > > > >I second. > > Thirded - a stuffed toy as chaircamel makes weird sense. H

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:02:01PM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote: > On 24 September 2010 11:34, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > Orange! > > > > No, wait. I had a serious question. Who is eligible to vote? > > All subscribers to this mailing list as of this morning. Dammit. I think that I'm only subscri

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, L?on Brocard wrote: > 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > before this date I nominate Amelia the stuffed camel. I also nominate Egbert the BBC stuffed camel, who is currently sitting on my desk. -- David Cantrell | N

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
Denny wrote: On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? You have to nominate it first. I second. Thirded - a stuffed toy as chaircamel makes weird sense.

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Léon Brocard
On 24 September 2010 12:29, Abigail wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote: >> >> Timeline: >> >> 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk >> before this date >> 18th October: Voting opens >> 1st November: Results announced > > Voting nev

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Abigail
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote: > > Timeline: > > 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk > before this date > 18th October: Voting opens > 1st November: Results announced Voting never closes? Abigail

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Denny
On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 21:17 +1000, Kieren Diment wrote: > Can we vote for the stuffed Camel? You have to nominate it first. I second. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Kieren Diment
On 24/09/2010, at 9:02 PM, Léon Brocard wrote: > On 24 September 2010 11:34, Nicholas Clark wrote: > >> Orange! >> >> No, wait. I had a serious question. Who is eligible to vote? > > All subscribers to this mailing list as of this morning. > > Leon Can we vote for the stuffed Camel?

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Léon Brocard
On 24 September 2010 11:34, Nicholas Clark wrote: > Orange! > > No, wait. I had a serious question. Who is eligible to vote? All subscribers to this mailing list as of this morning. Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote: > It has been a pleasure and an honour being leader of London.pm but > sadly all good things must come to an end. So it's time for a > London.pm leader election! Thank you for all your cat herding. > Elections are t

London.pm leader election

2010-09-24 Thread Léon Brocard
Hello all, It has been a pleasure and an honour being leader of London.pm but sadly all good things must come to an end. So it's time for a London.pm leader election! Elections are tricky things, but we will be using the Debian Voting System as described here: http://seehuhn.de/pages

Re: London.pm Leader

2008-12-01 Thread Aaron Trevena
2008/12/1 Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If there is anyone out there who still doubts that London.pm is a >> place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of >> our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of >> our democracy, tonight is your answe

Re: London.pm Leader

2008-11-30 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 11:23 +, Léon Brocard wrote: > The London Perl Workshop yesterday was a great success - lots of > people turned up for three free tracks (and a tutorial track too). > London.pm has a long history of leaders: Dave Cross, Paul Mison, Mark > Fowler, Simon Wistow and Greg McCa

Re: London.pm Leader

2008-11-30 Thread Edmund von der Burg
The King is dead, long live the King!

London.pm Leader

2008-11-30 Thread Léon Brocard
a message to the world that we have never been a collection of object-oriented programmers and procedural programmers: we are, and always will be, London Perl Mongers. Léon, London.pm Leader