In general, the board isn't called on to *do* much, but they are called on to *not* do quite a lot -- there is a lot of legal power in the board which, as an org, we rely on the board not to exercise.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:01 AM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>
this voting business seems distasteful. last<br>
year there was a little discussion that included<br>
the suggestion of randomly picking board members:<br>
i like that a lot, kind of like the way we got<br>
our president--worked great!<br>
is there any reason why we can't just draft<br>
members in good standing and let them object if<br>
they don't want to be board members?<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 02:00 -0800, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:<br>
> Hello everyone!<br>
><br>
> I've taken on the task of coordinating next years board election and<br>
> want to present a plan for the election that I hope the membership can<br>
> come to a consensus on at next week's meeting.<br>
><br>
> - Nominations are open right now. Any regular member in good standing<br>
> may put a name forward for nomination for a spot on next year's board.<br>
> If you fit this criteria and would like to make a nomination, please<br>
> enter it on this wiki page (<br>
> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Nominations_2011" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Nominations_2011</a> ) along with<br>
> your name, pseudonym, or wiki signature.<br>
> - If you're not comfortable using the wiki, I will offer my self up<br>
> as a proxy that you can contact to have your nomination listed on<br>
> there. Please email ( <a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com">jof@thejof.com</a> ) or IM ( jabber: <a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com">jof@thejof.com</a><br>
> ) me with what you'd like listed. My GPG key is 0x8F8CAD3D<br>
> - Nominations will be open until 23:59 on Thursday, December 23rd 2010.<br>
><br>
> - After the list of candidates is finalized on the 23rd, we'll have<br>
> some time to mull over our decision and talk with our peers about<br>
> who's been nominated. Vote submission may also begin at this time.<br>
> - Any regular, dues-paying member in good standing may vote.<br>
> - Again, I'm willing to act as a proxy for vote submission.<br>
> - The mulling-it-over / early voting period ends on Tuesday, January 18th 2011<br>
><br>
> - On January 18th, 2011, voting will commence after our regular<br>
> membership meeting. At this time, any remaining votes can be received.<br>
> Closer to this date, I'll pick a deadline time for vote submission.<br>
> - After all the votes have been received, I will tally the votes and<br>
> announce who has won.<br>
><br>
> - Ballots should be made in a ranked list of desired candidates. This<br>
> ranked list will be tallied using the Condorcet method (<br>
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method</a> )<br>
><br>
> Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or<br>
> suggestions. Otherwise, please nominate whom you wish.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> jof<br>
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