We spent most of the meeting before last on the restructuring so why would we repeat it. I will be voting :-) On Jun 9, 11:24 am, Jared Norris <jrnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 June 2010 09:36, andrew <gande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Bravo Ryan for bringing this forward, > > > I will not be voting for any of the structures for the following > > reasons. > > > 1. At last nights meeting there was no discussion of the actual > > positions on the team. > > > 2. There has been no discussion on the direction & goals of the team > > (of which IMO are very important when deciding on how a team is to be > > structured & governed) > > > If the above are addressed then it comes down to whether we want a > > 'Democratic' process where candidates are voted for or a 'Meritocracy' > > process where people are appointed. > > > Models 1 & 1a are clearly 'Meritocracy' and as it stands now, people are > > appointed indefinitely until they resign their positions. This is the > > current model. > > > Model 3 is ONE 'Democratic' representative model based on regional/city > > groups. As there is no 'goal' of developing regional/city groups then > > this model is irrelevant. > > > There are not many reasons why we cannot have a 'Team' elected to > > positions based on merit every 12 months. When people nominate for > > positions they can put up their credentials, why they want the position > > and what they can do for the Ubuntu-au Loco. > > > As stated above, when we have a discussion on our goals, we can talk > > about positions, then we can talk about an election/appointment process. > > > This is just my opinion and I know that others will disagree. > > > Regards, > > > Andrew G. > > > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 22:21 +0930, Ryan Macnish wrote: > >> Hey everyone, > > >> So, iv made a poll and iv made it so you can only select ONE option, > >> although you can change your selection that is irrelevant since its > >> not possible to vote multiple times using the same name. If you fake > >> it and want to try my patience, then so be it. > > >>http://www.doodle.com/zift4eahcy3mrvv9 > > >> Ryan Macnish > > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> Find it on Domain.com.au Need a new place to live? > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > Andrew and Ubuntu-AU, > > As far as positions go I thought the meeting basically detailed that > to get it going forward we need to first decide what structure people > wanted to follow. No one present voiced any objection to this from > what I recall. After the structure was determined by the vote we could > then look at positions based upon what option people chose. As far as > discussing positions within the different structure options I think > there is enough detail on the wiki for people to decide what structure > is preferred. > > As far as directions and goals for the team go I thought we already > had them, quoted from the wiki "The Australian team focuses on > distributing, advertising and demonstrating Ubuntu within Australia. > Through the development of our projects we focus on the areas of > schools, business and home users". > > Therefore this vote is the starting point we need to ensure the group > is best structured according to what the majority of people think is > best suited so that we can move forward with a defined structure. I am > sorry that you have chosen not to participate, I respect your > decisions but I don't see how that would be constructive. You say this > is your opinion not to vote and others will disagree and the whole > point of the vote is to get a consensus on everyone's opinions, > including yours. > > Regards, > > Jared Norris. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
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