Am I the only one who missed the election?

[Benjamin Lewis]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 11:42 -0500, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> On 12/10/2012 04:31 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>>>>> c) how do you define 'contributor' ?
>>>>
>>>> Active fas account...
>>>
>>> So cla_done as it's requirement for elections (Board, FAmSCo) -
>>> at least it should suit elections announcement.
>>
>> You can do quite a lot of stuff in Fedora without signing CLA.
>> Including
>> every single QA function, I think. Really, cla_done is pretty
>> specific
>> to 'creating distribution content'.
>
> It is more about election audience - you need cla_done. So for
> this, it's ok. But it's really counter-productive if we want to
> get most contributors on the list - back to active FAS account.
>

There is really no reason why the election messages couldn't go to all
of FAS, and just have a note explaining that you need cla_done to vote.

There is equally no reason, aside from it being more admin work, why you
couldn't have two lists. I just don't see how this is in any way better than
just catching some people who are ineligible to vote...

-- 
Benjamin Lewis
Returning Officer and Past-President
Durham Union Society