Re: Petition for referendum

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

On อา., 2005-10-09 at 22:52 +0100, Bill Haneman wrote:
> The way this is currently worded makes it sound as though signing 
> indicates a desire to reduce the Board size.  I don't think that was 
> what you intended, but it's kept me from signing.
> 
> Bill
> 

The wording of David's original call seemed clear enough to me:

>> If you would like this issue to be debated, and decided, by the
>> foundation membership, please add your name to the page.

I put my name down in, as I agree that such an issue should be debated
and settled if there are people that think that such a change will
really help the GNOME board make decisions! But, to be fair I'd be just
as happy if the board could make such a decision themselves without the
need for the membership to get involved and the overhead of a
referendum. Perhaps I should remove my name?

> It's been over a week since I started this petition. We're up to 25 
> foundation members and 2 non-members who have signed their support.

I think David meant 'signed their support' as in 'for a referendum', not
necessarily to reduce the board size :)

--
Ross

> David Neary wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I said:
> >
> >> If you would like this issue to be debated, and decided, by the
> >> foundation membership, please add your name to the page.
> >>
> >> http://live.gnome.org/BoardSizePetition
> >
> >
> > It's been over a week since I started this petition. We're up to 25 
> > foundation members and 2 non-members who have signed their support.
> >
> > Understandably, momentum has dropped off, and perhaps I've misjudged 
> > this, and people don't really care about the issue or the board.
> >
> > I hope that some people who agree that the issue should be debated 
> > have not signed up yet, because they thought perhaps they wouldn't 
> > need to.
> >
> > In any case, with the board election coming up in 6 weeks or so, it 
> > won't be possible to have that election and the referendum at the same 
> > time, if we don't get the ball rolling now.
> >
> > So, if I have not reached the 37 signatures necessary to call a 
> > referendum by next Wednesday, I'll consider the request dropped.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you do feel that a referendum can lead to a good 
> > debate on what we can do to improve how the board works (and I believe 
> > slimming down is a necessary part of that), then please sign your 
> > support at:
> >
> > http://live.gnome.org/BoardSizePetition
> >
> > Or indicate your support here.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave.
> >
> 
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