Re: TODO list for the elections

[Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc linuxweasel com>]

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 20:29 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le mercredi 16 novembre 2005 à 07:13 -0800, Gregory Leblanc a écrit :
> > On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 23:30 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > As the current howto for the elections is not updated, here's a quick
> > > TODO list for the elections:
> > >
> > >  * post a news on gnomedesktop.org asking for questions to ask to the
> > > candidates.
> > >    => See also 
> > > http://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee_2fElectionsHowTo#head-9a64280b8b5cb11556aa2df12172d7f41bb1a5fb
> > >
> > >  * announce list of candidates
> > >    => See also 
> > > http://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee_2fElectionsHowTo#head-8bead1df224318e9f9a805d0f9f5d520efb6a76d
> >
> > I can do these two, but not until about 12 hours from now (at the
> > soonest).  However, Jonathan Blandford said that we'd had a request to
> > keep open the nominations deadline.  I cannot find reference to this.
> > Did it go only to you, Vincent?
>
> Yes, it seems. I told Jonathan to send a mail to the mailing list, but
> the subject was too sensitive for a mailing list with public archives.
>
> I don't think we can extend the deadline without an announce from the
> board, though. I'll ping some board people.

Hrm, this is difficult.  I hate closed mailing lists, but even more do I
hate having folks refuse to keep the committee informed of things that
directly affect the work we need to do.

[snip]

> Oh, btw, Greg, I thought you weren't in the committee any more???

Just trying to give you an opportunity to retire!  Plus, I think it's
nice to have somebody who has been around GNOME for a long time on here,
if only to give perspective on how the Foundation was originally set up.
        Greg