<div dir="ltr">I suppose a committee will be integrated by more than one member, we need more volunteers. <div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">If Sebastian becomes the Elections Committee which is fine with me, how do we avoid a more-than-Clintonesque conflict-of-interest with his wife running for office, and himself running the election?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Sebastian Silva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org" target="_blank">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Yes,<br>
Exactly this is my proposal, from my prior email:<span><br>
<br>
<i>I have volunteered to be member of elections committee since Oct
2014.</i><i><br>
</i><i>
I cannot do this work without being appointed the role by the
board, as per the governance model.</i><i><br>
</i><i> </i><br></span>
Therefore, the board would have to appoint me formally.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Sebastian<br>
<br>
<div>El 10/03/15 a las 13:01, Gonzalo Odiard
escibió:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Would be good if someone volunteer to integrate the
elections committee
<div>to replace Luke.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Gonzalo</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Walter
Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sebastian,<br>
<br>
The election was discussed in public SLOB meetings. We made
public<br>
decisions with opportunity for public input. If you want to
ask the<br>
board to revisit its decisions, that is fine. Please try to
be<br>
concrete in your proposal.<br>
<br>
regards.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
-walter<br>
</font></span>
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<div><br>
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Sebastian Silva<br>
<<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org" target="_blank">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Actually, the governance model says nothing about
election at the end of<br>
> every year, nor about shortages of candidates. It
does say:<br>
><br>
> Sugar Labs shall be governed by an Oversight Board,
consisting of seven (7)<br>
> members elected by the Sugar community—the Sugar
Membership. The positions<br>
> on the Oversight Board will be on a two-year
staggered basis. The members of<br>
> the Oversight Board may be removed from the
position at any time by a<br>
> majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the
resignation or removal of a<br>
> member of the Oversight Board, the Community
Members shall elect a<br>
> replacement Community Member to serve on the
Oversight Board.<br>
><br>
> In my humble opinion, the decision about when to do
elections should not<br>
> reside with the board, but with the elections
committee.<br>
> Aparently lfaraone is MIA.<br>
><br>
> At any rate this course of events should've been
discussed/announced to the<br>
> Sugar Labs members.<br>
><br>
> It could've been expected, that the board members
with expired period would<br>
> simply no longer be board members and that the 2
candidates would be<br>
> promoted to board members (as pretty much happened
last year, except no<br>
> shortage).<br>
><br>
> I have volunteered to be member of elections
committee since Oct 2014.<br>
> I cannot do this work without being appointed the
role by the board, as per<br>
> the governance model.<br>
><br>
> I did not become a candidate because I was
expecting do the gruntwork to run<br>
> the election.<br>
><br>
> I will abide by what the majority of Sugar Labs
members wish and the<br>
> accepted oversight board.<br>
> If we are to run elections any time we need to also
follow<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members</a>
:<br>
><br>
> Currency assurance policy[edit]<br>
><br>
> In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership
list is reflective of the<br>
> current status of the project and its participants,
once a year members will<br>
> be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a
Sugar Labs Member. If this<br>
> request bounces, or if a request has not been
replied to after it has been<br>
> a) resent, b) checked for a more current email
address, and c) six months<br>
> have passed, the member will be sent a removal
notice with an invitation to<br>
> reapply.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am in technical capacity and have the good will
to begin working with<br>
> these objectives as soon as I get the board's
appointment.<br>
><br>
> I would like to hear more opinion from the
community about the election<br>
> process.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Sebastian<br>
><br>
> El 10/03/15 a las 11:47, Samuel Greenfeld escibió:<br>
><br>
> If the current governing documents don't allow
mid-term replacements due to<br>
> someone resigning or shortages, that might be
something worth amending them<br>
> to include.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Walter Bender
<<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> We run elections at the end of each year. If we
have fewer candidates<br>
>> than slots to fill, we don't run the election.
We'll run another<br>
>> election at the end of 2015.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards.<br>
>><br>
>> -walter<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Laura Vargas
<<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > I'm really sorry I didn't understood well
your intructions at that<br>
>> > time...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Now, my name is on the list ;D<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > According to your logic, we should run
elections when we have enough<br>
>> > candidates.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > How many additional candidates do we need?<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > 2015-03-10 11:23 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo Odiard
<<a href="mailto:godiard@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">godiard@sugarlabs.org</a>>:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Laura
Vargas <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Hi Gonzalo,<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Regarding the Sugar Labs Board, if
no elections are going to me be<br>
>> >>> made, how do you justify not to
rotate the board members with long<br>
>> >>> time active volunteers? specially
those who have shown interest, like<br>
>> >>> I have<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hi Laura,<br>
>> >> Why you didn't follow the procedure to
make your candidature?<br>
>> >> You only needed add your name to<br>
>> >> <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2014-2015-candidates</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> That was requested many times, and
there are only two candidates to<br>
>> >> fill 4<br>
>> >> seats.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Gonzalo<br>
>> >><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Thanks and I really hope (for the
sake of the kids) we can run a<br>
>> >>> democratic community soon!<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> 2015-03-10 10:06 GMT-05:00 Gonzalo
Odiard <<a href="mailto:godiard@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">godiard@sugarlabs.org</a>>:<br>
>> >>> > Hi Sebastian,<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > In this specific case, we
will keep the replies from the deployments<br>
>> >>> > confidential<br>
>> >>> > and release a general inform
with conclusions without naming the<br>
>> >>> > deployment<br>
>> >>> > involved.<br>
>> >>> > There are a reason for that,
and anybody involved in negotiation<br>
>> >>> > with<br>
>> >>> > countries will understand.<br>
>> >>> > Every time than a country say
will buy N number of hardware with X<br>
>> >>> > software,<br>
>> >>> > all the big companies start
to pressure.<br>
>> >>> > Transparency have a big
value, but we can't be naive.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> and we are organizing a
face to face meeting with all the members<br>
>> >>> >> fro<br>
>> >>> >> SLOBs,<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> How will this help to
address Dan's (valid) concern?<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> to discuss strategies.<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > We need do a deep discussion
we can't do by irc or email.<br>
>> >>> > I don't know if this is the
solution, but we are trying something<br>
>> >>> > different.<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> We are discussing more
ideas, like survey the community and<br>
>> >>> >> teachers,<br>
>> >>> >> like<br>
>> >>> >> was proposed in this
list.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> And?<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > I don't understand the
question.<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > Gonzalo<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> >
_______________________________________________<br>
>> >>> > IAEP -- It's An Education
Project (not a laptop project!)<br>
>> >>> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> >>> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> --<br>
>> >>> Laura V.<br>
>> >>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire<br>
>> >>> IRC kaametza<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Happy Learning!<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --<br>
>> >> Gonzalo Odiard<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> SugarLabs - Software for children
learning<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> > Laura V.<br>
>> > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Identi.ca/Skype acaire<br>
>> > IRC kaametza<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Happy Learning!<br>
>> >
_______________________________________________<br>
>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a
laptop project!)<br>
>> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Walter Bender<br>
>> Sugar Labs<br>
>> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop
project!)<br>
>> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop
project!)<br>
> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Walter Bender<br>
Sugar Labs<br>
<a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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<div>
<div dir="ltr">Gonzalo Odiard<br>
<br>
<div>SugarLabs - Software for children learning <br>
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