[IAEP] Will anything change this time?

Sebastian Silva sebastian at fuentelibre.org
Tue Mar 10 14:06:35 EDT 2015


Yes,
Exactly this is my proposal, from my prior email:

/I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct 2014.//
//I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the board,
as per the governance model.//
///
Therefore, the board would have to appoint me formally.

Regards,
Sebastian

El 10/03/15 a las 13:01, Gonzalo Odiard escibió:
> Would be good if someone volunteer to integrate the elections committee
> to replace Luke.
>
> Gonzalo
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Walter Bender
> <walter.bender at gmail.com <mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Sebastian,
>
>     The election was discussed in public SLOB meetings. We made public
>     decisions with opportunity for public input. If you want to ask the
>     board to revisit its decisions, that is fine. Please try to be
>     concrete in your proposal.
>
>     regards.
>
>     -walter
>
>     On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Sebastian Silva
>     <sebastian at fuentelibre.org <mailto:sebastian at fuentelibre.org>> wrote:
>     > Actually, the governance model says nothing about election at
>     the end of
>     > every year, nor about shortages of candidates. It does say:
>     >
>     > Sugar Labs shall be governed by an Oversight Board, consisting
>     of seven (7)
>     > members elected by the Sugar community—the Sugar Membership. The
>     positions
>     > on the Oversight Board will be on a two-year staggered basis.
>     The members of
>     > the Oversight Board may be removed from the position at any time
>     by a
>     > majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or
>     removal of a
>     > member of the Oversight Board, the Community Members shall elect a
>     > replacement Community Member to serve on the Oversight Board.
>     >
>     > In my humble opinion, the decision about when to do elections
>     should not
>     > reside with the board, but with the elections committee.
>     > Aparently lfaraone is MIA.
>     >
>     > At any rate this course of events should've been
>     discussed/announced to the
>     > Sugar Labs members.
>     >
>     > It could've been expected, that the board members with expired
>     period would
>     > simply no longer be board members and that the 2 candidates would be
>     > promoted to board members (as pretty much happened last year,
>     except no
>     > shortage).
>     >
>     > I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct
>     2014.
>     > I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the
>     board, as per
>     > the governance model.
>     >
>     > I did not become a candidate because I was expecting do the
>     gruntwork to run
>     > the election.
>     >
>     > I will abide by what the majority of Sugar Labs members wish and the
>     > accepted oversight board.
>     > If we are to run elections any time we need to also follow
>     > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members :
>     >
>     > Currency assurance policy[edit]
>     >
>     > In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is
>     reflective of the
>     > current status of the project and its participants, once a year
>     members will
>     > be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs
>     Member. If this
>     > request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after
>     it has been
>     > a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c)
>     six months
>     > have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an
>     invitation to
>     > reapply.
>     >
>     >
>     > I am in technical capacity and have the good will to begin
>     working with
>     > these objectives as soon as I get the board's appointment.
>     >
>     > I would like to hear more opinion from the community about the
>     election
>     > process.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > Sebastian
>     >
>     > El 10/03/15 a las 11:47, Samuel Greenfeld escibió:
>     >
>     > If the current governing documents don't allow mid-term
>     replacements due to
>     > someone resigning or shortages, that might be something worth
>     amending them
>     > to include.
>     >
>     > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Walter Bender
>     <walter.bender at gmail.com <mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com>>
>     > wrote:
>     >>
>     >> We run elections at the end of each year. If we have fewer
>     candidates
>     >> than slots to fill, we don't run the election. We'll run another
>     >> election at the end of 2015.
>     >>
>     >> Regards.
>     >>
>     >> -walter
>     >>
>     >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Laura Vargas
>     <laura at somosazucar.org <mailto:laura at somosazucar.org>>
>     >> wrote:
>     >> > I'm really sorry I didn't understood well your intructions at
>     that
>     >> > time...
>     >> >
>     >> > Now, my name is on the list ;D
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > According to your logic, we should run elections when we have
>     enough
>     >> > candidates.
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > How many additional candidates do we need?
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > 2015-03-10 11:23 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard
>     <godiard at sugarlabs.org <mailto:godiard at sugarlabs.org>>:
>     >> >>
>     >> >>
>     >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Laura Vargas
>     <laura at somosazucar.org <mailto:laura at somosazucar.org>>
>     >> >> wrote:
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> Hi Gonzalo,
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> Regarding the Sugar Labs Board, if no elections are going
>     to me be
>     >> >>> made, how do you justify not to rotate the board members
>     with long
>     >> >>> time active volunteers? specially those who have shown
>     interest, like
>     >> >>> I have
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Hi Laura,
>     >> >> Why you didn't follow the procedure to make your candidature?
>     >> >> You only needed add your name to
>     >> >>
>     http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates
>     >> >>
>     >> >> That was requested many times, and there are only two
>     candidates to
>     >> >> fill 4
>     >> >> seats.
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Gonzalo
>     >> >>
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>>  Thanks and I really hope (for the sake of the kids) we can
>     run a
>     >> >>> democratic community soon!
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> 2015-03-10 10:06 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard
>     <godiard at sugarlabs.org <mailto:godiard at sugarlabs.org>>:
>     >> >>> > Hi Sebastian,
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> > In this specific case, we will keep the replies from the
>     deployments
>     >> >>> > confidential
>     >> >>> > and release a general inform with conclusions without
>     naming the
>     >> >>> > deployment
>     >> >>> > involved.
>     >> >>> > There are a reason for that, and anybody involved in
>     negotiation
>     >> >>> > with
>     >> >>> > countries will understand.
>     >> >>> > Every time than a country say will buy N number of
>     hardware with X
>     >> >>> > software,
>     >> >>> > all the big companies start to pressure.
>     >> >>> > Transparency have a big value, but we can't be naive.
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >> and we are organizing a face to face meeting with all
>     the members
>     >> >>> >> fro
>     >> >>> >> SLOBs,
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >> How will this help to address Dan's (valid) concern?
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >> to discuss strategies.
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> > We need do a deep discussion we can't do by irc or email.
>     >> >>> > I don't know if this is the solution, but we are trying
>     something
>     >> >>> > different.
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >> We are discussing more ideas, like survey the community and
>     >> >>> >> teachers,
>     >> >>> >> like
>     >> >>> >> was proposed in this list.
>     >> >>> >>
>     >> >>> >> And?
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> > I don't understand the question.
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> > Gonzalo
>     >> >>> >
>     >> >>> > _______________________________________________
>     >> >>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>     >> >>> > IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org <mailto:IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>     >> >>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> --
>     >> >>> Laura V.
>     >> >>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire
>     >> >>> IRC kaametza
>     >> >>>
>     >> >>> Happy Learning!
>     >> >>
>     >> >>
>     >> >>
>     >> >>
>     >> >> --
>     >> >> Gonzalo Odiard
>     >> >>
>     >> >> SugarLabs - Software for children learning
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > --
>     >> > Laura V.
>     >> > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>     >> >
>     >> > Identi.ca/Skype acaire
>     >> > IRC kaametza
>     >> >
>     >> > Happy Learning!
>     >> > _______________________________________________
>     >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>     >> > IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org <mailto:IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>     >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Walter Bender
>     >> Sugar Labs
>     >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>     >> _______________________________________________
>     >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
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>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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>
>
>
>     --
>     Walter Bender
>     Sugar Labs
>     http://www.sugarlabs.org
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gonzalo Odiard
>
> SugarLabs - Software for children learning 

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