[cab-discuss] nomination procedure?

[Garrett D'Amore]

Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Ian Collins <ian at ianshome.com> [2007-02-12 13:20]:
>   
>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> Stephen Hahn wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>       
>>>>  How do we know if a candidate has a nominating Core Contributor? 
>>>>  I would suggest that the nominator send the message, unless it's a
>>>>  two-in-one like Glynn's.
>>>>
>>>>  Like:
>>>>
>>>>  	I'm happy to nominate [   ] for Governing Board.  I'm a Core
>>>> 	Contributor to the [   ] Community Group, and fervently believe
>>>> 	that [    ] has the talent and time necessary to be a successful
>>>> 	represenatative of the OpenSolaris Community.  [   ]'s statement
>>>> 	follows.
>>>>         
>>> So, I worry about doing this, because it may mean that we get a ton
>>> of Core Contributors nominating all sorts of people without the
>>> actual candidate themselves *wanting* to go for the OGB. That's why I
>>> prefer the candidate sending the mail, because it implies they're
>>> actually passionate about the OGB and the responsibility being
>>> undertaken (you'd hope).
>>>       
>
>   I was sort of assuming that the candidate and the Core Contributor had
>   had a rendezvous and an agreement, rather than having surprise
>   nominations.
>   

I'm not entirely sure this will have occurred.  And, speaking for myself
at least, I would feel a lot better about running if I thought at least
_one_ person other than myself had decided to nominate me.   I am not
entirely certain, but I suspect I'm not alone amongst other potential
candidates.

Also, we might find candidates which might be convinced to run who might
not otherwise have thought of themselves as such, once they were nominated.

I just feel like the whole nomination process needs to be a little less
ad-hoc.

Actually, if all the members have suitable public keys registered (which
I think they need in order to vote anyway), we could just have members
sign an e-mail indicating their nomination and send it to a public
list.  I think, though, there might be some value in having nominations
be anonymous, which is why I suggested a web form initially.

There are much more sophisticated ways we could do this, and I'm willing
to help out with that, if there is consensus that we need it.  I suspect
that at this early stage it doesn't have to be quite so formalized.

    -- Garrett
>   
>>> Perhaps a follow up message from a Core Contributor is better? Shrug.
>>>       
>
>   
>> Or a second from a Core Contributor?
>>     
>
>   I would settle for a second, if we don't think we can get to a
>   combined message.
>
>   - Stephen
>
>   


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