Re: Candidacy: Ryan Lortie

[Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca>]

hi Andrew,

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 17:16 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote: 
> Oracle unilaterally announced a new governing board mandating 3/5 of
> whom had nothing to do with the project and/or were from companies not
> contributing to the project. And then they started making technical
> pronouncements about the future direction of Java 8 with no input from
> anyone.

This would clearly not be the case here.  The selection mechanism for
any possible board would clearly be equitable and based on experience
and reputation within the community.  Elections are one way to
accomplish this.

Cheers