[cab-discuss] Draft ballot?

[Bonnie Corwin]

Stephen Hahn wrote:
>    A possible draft ballot (to be wedged into the software) is below.
>    Feedback on language, presented information, etc. is greatly desired.
> 
>    - Stephen
> 
> ----
> 
>    To participate in this ballot, you must be a Core Contributor to one
>    or more Community Groups in the OpenSolaris Community.  The ballot
>    consists of 2 questions.

I think many people might read the opening paragraph and think "how do I 
know if I'm a Core Contributor?"  Is there any way to put a sentence or 
two on the ballot itself that will send people to the right place to 
find out if they are one, and if not, what, if anything, they can do 
about that?  Will we be posting the final list of Core Contributors that 
you've been collecting for this election?  If so, a pointer to that and 
short text about when that list closed might be sufficient.

> 
>    Question 1:  Do you approve the document, 
> 
>    http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_Governance_Draft_03
> 
>    for use as the Constitution of the OpenSolaris Community?
> 
>    1 - Approve
>    2 - Disapprove
> 
>    Question 2:  Question 1, if approved, requires the election of a
>    Governing Board.  The participants below have been nominated as
>    candidates to serve on a seven member Board.  The Board members shall
>    be selected by single transferable vote.  Accordingly, please submit

Should there be a pointer to a definition of "single transferable vote"?

>    an ordered list of the candidates, showing your preference by placing
>    most preferred candidate at the head of the list, followed by
>    candidates of lower and lower preference.  You may present a list of
>    the entire slate, or a subset thereof.  (The list is presented in a
>    pre-selected random order.)

Is there a minimum?  If someone doesn't want to order the whole list, do 
you want an ordered list of seven?  Or can someone just vote for one person?

Bonnie

> 
>    1 - J. Jones (jjones)
>    2 - S. Smith (ssmith)
>    ...
>