[ogb-discuss] ENOQUORUM responses?

[Shawn Walker]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:32 PM,  <Casper.Dik at sun.com> wrote:
>
>  >Plocher> 3) We choose to move ahead anyways - "if the rules get in the way
>  >Plocher> of doing what is right, do what is right, and fix the rules later."
>  >Plocher> Treat the election as valid, put the new board in place, and continue
>  >Plocher> on, with a bunch of work to do.
>  >
>  >Plocher> I assert that, if we don't get to quorum, choice 3 is the only viable
>  >Plocher> one for us as a community.  As it stands now, we have ~80 people
>  >Plocher> who care enough about the community to actually participate in its
>  >Plocher> operation.  This implies we have a community structure that is out
>  >Plocher> of whack with the community itself, and the first thing the new OGB
>  >Plocher> (along with the 80 or so members who have indicated that they wish to
>  >Plocher> be involved) needs to do is figure out a better structure, play test
>  >Plocher> it for a year, adjust things as needed, write down what works, and
>  >Plocher> forge *that* document into a constitution to be voted upon next year.
>  >
>  >General agreement.  I think the current quorum rule, though sort of OK in
>  >theory, is a little silly in practice.  Something more sensible to me would
>  >be "1/3 of the CCs needs to 'sign in', then once we have a quorum, we can
>  >'disband' and have our election", rather than having to have 1/3 of the CCs
>  >all there at once.  But fundamentally I agree with you that finding something
>  >that works in practice is more important than trying to follow to the letter
>  >a nascent process which still clearly has several kinks to be worked out.
>
>
>  We had agreed that there would not be an "all there at once" tule but
>  rather "all need to stand up at some point and be counted.
>
>  I'm certain that that is what was intended.

That was my understanding as well. It isn't practical for me to remain
signed in all the time on the channel.

I joined, stated my username, realname, and then left.

That should be sufficient for this crazy requirement.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben