[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Board Elections 2011

[Shannon Lee]

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.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:01 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:

>
>   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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Shannon Lee
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