[commops] Deflating expectations for election questionnaires (was: Autumn Elections 2017 are cancelled)

[Justin W. Flory]

I've had this message unread in my inbox for some time – I think there's
a lot of value in Paul's response. During the election discussion at the
FAD, I'd like to revisit our approach on community engagement, both with
nominees and the impact on the community.


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Subject: Re: Autumn Elections 2017 are cancelled
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 08:49:11 -0500
From: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt;
Reply-To: Discussions with the Fedora Council and community
<council-discuss(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
To: council-discuss(a)lists.fedoraproject.org

On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 06:54:29PM +0100, Jan Kurik wrote:
>  During the Autumn 2017 Election cycle we wanted to try a new
> approach
>  in the way how Elections are organized [1]. Unfortunately, at the
>  beginning of the Voting period we realized the new way does not work
>  as expected [2] and even we tried to put some mitigation plan in place
>  [3], we have not succeeded. To come up with some workable solution we
>  have decided to cancel the currently running Autumn 2017 Elections and
>  start it again in early January 2018. In upcoming days I will publish
>  a schedule for the January 2018 Elections as well as more details on
>  how we are going to organize it.
>  
>  [1] https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/135
>  [2] https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/153
>  [3]
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...
IMHO questionnaires can and should be reduced to a minimum amount of
relevant writing.  For instance:

* What experience makes you suited for this elected body?
* What goals do you have for being on this body if elected?

Deflating expectations around these governing groups would help make
them feel more accessible and interesting to contributors.  After all,
we're talking about voluntary positions in a free software project,
not bodies with vast legislative or executive power.

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