Re: Fwd: Referenda system

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi,

I think Baris forgot to CC the mailing list.

2007/9/8, Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>:
> On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 14:26 +0300, Lucas Rocha wrote:
> > Forgot to add mailing list to CC...
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>
> > Date: 07/09/2007 11:14
> > Subject: Re: Referenda system
> > To: Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 10:38 +0300, Lucas Rocha wrote:
> > > Hi Baris,
> > >
> > > Jeff will officialy propose the referendum today. So, here's the
> > > schedule I propose.
> > >
> > > September 21 - End of application renewal period
> > > September 24 - Instructions mailed to eligible voters, voting begins
> > > October 7 - Voting closes
> > > October 8 - Preliminary results are announced
> > > October 15 - Last day to challenge preliminary results
> > >
> > > As soon as Jeff proposes in foundation-list member (and membership is
> > > positive about the referendum), we can announce the application
> > > renewal deadline, right?
> > Yes, but waiting two weeks for Voting seems long, it can be one week for
> > referandum. If the outcome of the referandum is negative, then we will
> > have at least one week more for BoD election schedule. Apart from that,
> > everything is alright. So my proposed schedule is:
> > September 21 - End of applicatin renewal period
> > September 24 - Instructions mailed to eligible voters, voting begins
> > September 30 - Voting closes
> > October 1 - Preliiminary results are announced
> > October 8 - Last day to challenge preliminary results
>
> Ok, I hope outcome would be positive, else we will have a real tight
> timeline for elections. Though we can keep the renewal period short
> since most members would already been renewed due to referanda.
>
> If anyone on the committee is against, please reply to this mail. I'll
> wait one day, then post the official referandum details to foundation
> list and foundation announce.

Any news? Need help?

--lucasr

> > > 2007/8/31, Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>:
> > > > On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 00:04 +0300, Lucas Rocha wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > The board is about to propose a referenda for shifting the election
> > > > > cycle back six months. The topic has been already discussed in
> > > > > foundation-list:
> > > > >
> > > > >   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-August/msg00025.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeff still needs to make a more structured/formal proposal in
> > > > > foundation-list but I'd like to know how easy would it be to setup an
> > > > > instance of our voting system for this new referenda. Baris, I guess
> > > > > you have more details? Vincent?
> > > > We need set a deadline for last membership renewal day. Once this has
> > > > been set, there's not much hassle to run a referandum. It's basically,
> > > > getting list of voters, creating tokens, mailing them and filling out
> > > > necessary fields on the mysql table.
> > > >
> > > > > Let me know what needs to be done and can work on getting things
> > > > > actually done. The idea (just an idea for now) is to have the votes by
> > > > > the end of september.
> > > > That's possible since referendum is just consisted of yes/no votes, we
> > > > won't need any prior time like asking questions or waiting for
> > > > candidates etc.
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > --lucasr
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