Fedora Project and Fedora Board

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 18:52 +0000, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote:
> ----- "Buddhika Kurera" <bckurera at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Robert,
> > 
> > As a former FAmSCo and FSCo there is no doubt about your eligibility
> > towards getting nominated.
> > 
> > 
> > I am really glad to nominate you BUT """One of my requirements to
> > accepting the nomination is that at least 10 people have to pledge all
> > their Fedora Board votes exclusively to me, this means you don't give
> > "range votes" to anyone else"""
> > need a little clarification about the above request. That means they
> > can vote only for you , am I right?? no second or third or any oder
> > voting.
> > 
> > 
> > See you abf good luck.
> > 
> 
> That is exactly what I expect from those 10 people, in poker we call it "All in." I do not expect that commitment from more than those 10, if more are willing to step forward and say they will, I am happy to have them also. If I can't find 10 people with that much faith in me, I probably don't need to be on the board anyhow.
> 
> Thank you for the question and well wishes.

It seems like an odd requirement. What if someone thinks you are a great
candidate but also thinks someone else on the slate is a great
candidate? We are electing five people, not one. What if someone thinks
you are a great candidate but someone else on the slate is a terrible
candidate, and wants to use their range vote to give the other
candidates a reasonable number of votes and the one they think is
terrible no votes? All of these things seem orthogonal to a person's
support for you as a candidate, so the requirement seems a bit quixotic.
-- 
Adam Williamson
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