[Ambassadors] Runoff election for Board seat has begun.

[inode0]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:21 AM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"
<johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/13/2012 11:35 AM, inode0 wrote:
>>
>> The Board is only CLA but that is a minor difference at this point.
>> But more important currently is that FESCo and FAmSCo both have
>> severely restricted eligibility for nominees that seem intuitively
>> reasonable.
>
> If you think about it, the relevant part participating and interested in the
> governing body being voted for would make sure those irrelevant nominees
> would not get voted in the first place thus I think those restrictions only
> exist there due to fear,doubt and lack of faith in the community.

Perhaps. And while I think those restrictions are intuitively
reasonable I also think a case can be made for people outside the core
group making important contributions to "steering" such groups. But
more fundamentally I think it is up to the group doing the work to
make the decision. FAmSCo voting was always restricted to those in the
ambassador group. I went to FAmSCo and made my case that it should be
open more broadly to the project. FAmSCo agreed to change its rules.
If I decide I think non-ambassadors should be able to be elected to
FAmSCo I will go back to FAmSCo and make that case. I won't go to the
FPL or the Board or some newly formed election committee to force it
on FAmSCo though.

John