Re: Extending the call for candidates (was Re: Withdrawal of board of idrectors candidacy)

[Andrea Veri <av gnome org>]

Fully agreed Richard, these items are on the Membership Committee's agenda for the next meeting already.

2013/5/23 Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>

It is not a good thing when there are so few candidates
that nearly all have to be elected.  With just 8 candidates
and a 7-member board, we are only voting about which single
one of these candidate not to put on the board.  That is getting
pretty close to no choice at all.  What would we do if there were
only 7 candidates?  If there were only 6?

I propose changing the election rules for future elections so that if
the number of candidates is less than 7/4 the size of the board, there
will be another request for candidates, giving 5 days for people to
step forward.

If that squeezes the subsequent step, then expand it
by moving all the previous dates 5 days earlier.


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