On Fri, 2005-04-11 at 15:01 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi Quim, > > My opinion is that > - Affiliation primarily indicates some implication in and co-operation > with free software of the employer. Mine has 0 interest in free > software, and as such, I do not feel the need to identify them for the > election. > - Affiliation is only relevant to the board in the situation where > there is a risk of having several candidates from your organisation. In > this context, since I will be the only candidate for the board who is an > employee of my current employer, I don't see any conflict. > > In this context, you should feel free to decide whether or not you wish > to declare an affiliation with interactors or not. > > If my interpretation of affiliation is wrong, I'd appreciate the > correction, so that I can update my candidature. While clearly affiliation has some practical influences (maximum number of board member with the same affiliation), it of course tells the voters something about the person. I would have thought that "no affiliation" means the person is not employed nor runs her own business. I gather I was wrong. Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow, Professor Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences Concordia University College of Alberta
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