Re: Yes to Publicity! Not to Anonimity! Was: Re: GNOME Foundation Annual Elections - proposal

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Andreas J. Guelzow">

> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 23:29, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> > Luckily, by implementing anonymous voting, we can completely avoid *all*
> > of these problems from the very start; the immediate pressures and
> > consequences
> 
> Alternatively, by retaining public votes, any such company block votes
> will be visible rather than hidden in the fog of anonymity.

Given that there are fair limits on the number of people from a particular
commercial entity that may be elected to the Foundation Board, the idea of
catching 'block voting' seems somewhat useless. I honestly don't care if all
the Widget Incorporated people vote for each other - there'll be a maximum
of four Widget Incorporated positions on the Board anyway. So, I don't think
public ballot records lend us any advantages on this front.

- Jeff

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