[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Board Elections 2011

[jim]

   this voting business seems distasteful. last 
year there was a little discussion that included 
the suggestion of randomly picking board members: 
i like that a lot, kind of like the way we got 
our president--worked great! 
   is there any reason why we can't just draft 
members in good standing and let them object if 
they don't want to be board members? 


On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 02:00 -0800, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I've taken on the task of coordinating next years board election and
> want to present a plan for the election that I hope the membership can
> come to a consensus on at next week's meeting.
> 
>  - Nominations are open right now. Any regular member in good standing
> may put a name forward for nomination for a spot on next year's board.
> If you fit this criteria and would like to make a nomination, please
> enter it on this wiki page (
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Nominations_2011 ) along with
> your name, pseudonym, or wiki signature.
>  - If you're not comfortable using the wiki, I will offer my self up
> as a proxy that you can contact to have your nomination listed on
> there. Please email ( jof at thejof.com ) or IM ( jabber: jof at thejof.com
> ) me with what you'd like listed. My GPG key is 0x8F8CAD3D
>  - Nominations will be open until 23:59 on Thursday, December 23rd 2010.
> 
>  - After the list of candidates is finalized on the 23rd, we'll have
> some time to mull over our decision and talk with our peers about
> who's been nominated. Vote submission may also begin at this time.
>  - Any regular, dues-paying member in good standing may vote.
>  - Again, I'm willing to act as a proxy for vote submission.
>  - The mulling-it-over / early voting period ends on Tuesday, January 18th 2011
> 
>  - On January 18th, 2011, voting will commence after our regular
> membership meeting. At this time, any remaining votes can be received.
> Closer to this date, I'll pick a deadline time for vote submission.
>  - After all the votes have been received, I will tally the votes and
> announce who has won.
> 
>  - Ballots should be made in a ranked list of desired candidates. This
> ranked list will be tallied using the Condorcet method (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method )
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or
> suggestions. Otherwise, please nominate whom you wish.
> 
> Cheers,
> jof
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