On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Have we discussed Voting if there are multiple candidates? > > Perhaps Apache STeVe is an answer: http://steve.apache.org/ > > https://wiki.apache.org/general/BoardVoting using STeVe is a good idea, a lot better than simple voting. I am not sure though if the tool can handle binding / non-binding votes. I am also the strong opinion that if number 1 and 2 are close (less than 3 votes apart), then we should vote again just with the top candidates. A chair need backing from the whole community not just a simple majority. rgds jan i > > Regards, > Dave > > On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > > On 01/01/2015 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> Let's take several days, until 10 January, to receive nominations (or > >> self-nominations) for the next PMC Chair. Just reply to this e-mail with > >> nominations. > > > > We have 6 nominees so far, very good since all of them would be > excellent choices. I'm now asking each of them to either accept or refuse > the nomination by the 10 January deadline. Nominations are still open, but > if you nominate someone I'll immediately refer to this mail and ask for a > statement by 10 January too. > > > > Each of the (current and future) nominees should answer this mail in > public and state very briefly: > > > > 1) Whether he/she is available to run for election; the term is not set, > but I expect an availability to stay in the role for at least one year. > > > > 2) Where his/her efforts will primarily be directed. > > > > 3) Regardless of whether one is running or not (and regardless of > whether one is elected or not), it might be that some of the candidates > wish to take responsibility for a certain area. This can be very good, > since the project is huge and the Chair might miss some details. For > example, Hagar often updates the draft quarterly report with information > about the Forum (figures, issues...). If the Chair knows that someone > commits to follow a certain area closely and to help in reporting, then > reporting becomes a team work and can be much better than what we have done > so far. > > > > The 6 nominees so far are, in alphabetical order: > > - jani Jan Iversen > > - jsc Jürgen Schmidt > > - kschenk Kay Schenk > > - louis Louis Suarez-Potts > > - marcus Marcus Lange > > - robweir Rob Weir > > > > I'm hereby asking each of them (and any future nominees) to provide > their statement by 10 January; those who already sent their statement are > free to expand upon it according to the above guidelines if they wish. > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
