Re: Moving to two year terms for board elections

[Neil McGovern <neil gnome org>]

Hi Tobi,

On Thu, 2019-02-07 at 17:14 +0100, Tobias Mueller wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-02-07 at 16:08 +0000, Neil McGovern wrote:
> > Finally, it could be argued that only having to find 4 people at a
> > time
> > to run may help, rather than 7.
> no. Not at all.
>
> If three people would indeed like to continue serving on the board,
> you
> still need to find four other people rather than seven.

I'm a bit confused by this comment. Could you help clarify so I can
present the options to the board?

In year n, 4 people are elected for a 2 year term.
In year n+1, 3 people are elected for a 2 year term.
In year n+3, 4 people are elected for a 2 year term.
etc.

This means that, assuming people don't want to stand for an additional
2 years, one only needs to find a maximum of 4 people, as the others
are only half way through the term.

Or is that that you think people may want to stand down after a year,
despite them initially standing for a 2 year term? Or is it that you
don't think anyone will want the 2 year commitment? Or both? :)


Neil
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Neil McGovern
Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation