Opinions on the election (was: Re: FESCo Election Results)

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 18:15 +0200, Christian.Iseli at licr.org wrote:
> fedora at leemhuis.info said:
> > But now to the real topic of this mail: What do all of you think about the
> > whole election. Was it a good idea?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Or only wasted time?
> 
> No.
> 
> > "Total Ballots: 69"
> > (we have round about 270 people that were permitted to vote) looks a bit sad
> > IMHO.
> 
> So ?  If the remaining 201 people don't have an opinion, that's their right.
> Maybe they'll form an opinion over time, and participate in the next election.
> 
> > Should we do another election in the future?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > When? Reelect half of the seats
> > after FC7 (FC6 is to short)? The other half after FC8, then the first half
> > again after FC9 (and so forth)?
> 
> Yes, I think that was the idea.
> 
> > Anything else we should handle differently in the future? 
> 
> I see Seth, Ville, and Michael got re-elected even though it said on the 
> nomination page:
>  nominated for the new FESCo as contingent by skvidal
>  (contingent: if no one else wants it - they will step up and do the job)
> 
> I know I abstained voting for them because of this message...
> 
> I do hope they'll accept the job now.
> 
> Maybe next time it'd be better if the nomination page is a bit clearer and
> doesn't mislead me into thinking some of the people there might prefer not 
> being elected.
> 

Actually. You need to email me or find me on irc.


We should discuss that very issue.

As discussed with Thorsten -seeing as there are other people who want
the job I'd happily step aside for you to take my spot.

-sv