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Grex > Coop > #255: Nominations Open for 2010 Board | |
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jgelinas
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response 48 of 95:
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Jan 9 21:48 UTC 2010 |
RSN.
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denise
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response 49 of 95:
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Jan 11 14:28 UTC 2010 |
We need to hold the elections soon, so we should close the nominations
within the next few days. Say by 1/15th. There are 4 positions
available. Four people have accepted nominations thus far [unicorn,
STeve, kentn, and denise] and two have nominated themselves [scholar
and lar]. There are a number of people that have been nominated but
have not accepted or declined; if you're one of these people and would
like to run, please accept by 1/11.
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denise
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response 50 of 95:
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Jan 11 14:48 UTC 2010 |
Oops, that should read 'please accept by 1/15'.
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tsty
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response 51 of 95:
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Jan 12 14:56 UTC 2010 |
will remmers be teh vote-admin?
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denise
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response 52 of 95:
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Jan 12 15:54 UTC 2010 |
I'm assuming so as we agreed to have him be vote administrator before
Grex was down for so long.
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remmers
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response 53 of 95:
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Jan 12 16:11 UTC 2010 |
Yes, I'll do it. Someone will have to tell me who the candidates are,
when the voting should start, and what votes should be counted. (I
think there was some agreement at the last Board meeting to deviate
from the usual rules.) Also, a rootish person will need to grant me
some relevant permissions permissions in order to update the necessary
files. It's been a few years since I've done voteadm stuff, so my
memory is a tiny bit rusty as to exactly what permissions are needed.
(I know, I know, I wrote the voting software, but still...)
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tsty
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response 54 of 95:
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Jan 13 15:01 UTC 2010 |
aruba did say sumothing about it being relatibely easy to generate
an 'are you now or have you ever been' membership list.
iirc, those ppl are the voters pool.
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remmers
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response 55 of 95:
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Jan 13 15:29 UTC 2010 |
Yes, I believe that's correct.
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denise
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response 56 of 95:
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Jan 13 22:46 UTC 2010 |
For this election, those that are or have ever been a member will be
eligible to vote.
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tonster
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response 57 of 95:
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Jan 14 02:57 UTC 2010 |
Counts me out!
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jgelinas
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response 58 of 95:
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Jan 14 12:47 UTC 2010 |
Monthly dues are six dollars ($6.00), payable by the end of the
election.
Usually, a three-month investment, eighteen dollars ($18.00) is required
to vote, but that requirement has been waived.
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jep
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response 59 of 95:
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Jan 14 20:11 UTC 2010 |
I was a member probably 7 or 8 years ago. I can vote? Well, if so, I'll
take my vote seriously and try to vote for the best candidates.
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denise
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response 60 of 95:
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Jan 14 23:01 UTC 2010 |
Yep, you're able to vote in this election.
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tsty
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response 61 of 95:
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Jan 15 06:34 UTC 2010 |
welcome jep
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jep
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response 62 of 95:
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Jan 15 19:34 UTC 2010 |
Heh, I'll be raking all the candidates over the coals to find out their
positions on the important issues of the day.
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tsty
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response 63 of 95:
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Jan 16 20:21 UTC 2010 |
you got -that- mcuch coal at the end of last month? [ed: oh, MY!]
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jp2
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response 64 of 95:
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Jan 17 13:47 UTC 2010 |
49: I sself-nominated and accepted back in 42.
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denise
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response 65 of 95:
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Jan 17 22:23 UTC 2010 |
Yep, jp2 should be added to the list of people that have nominated
themselves and accepted. Scholar and lar also nominated themselves.
Unicorn, STeve, kentn and denise have accepted nominations.
It looks like we can start voting whenever remmers is able to set things
up for us. I don't recall for sure how long voting is usually open
for, though.
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tsty
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response 66 of 95:
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Jan 18 05:17 UTC 2010 |
14 days? iirc
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remmers
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response 67 of 95:
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Jan 18 14:36 UTC 2010 |
Okay, I'll get on this. Before I can proceed, I need some
permissions so that I can edit relevant files, and it'll take
someone with root access (which I don't currently have) to give
them to me. I'll email staff and see if I can get that moving.
So should I take it from resp:65 that the final list of candidates
is unicorn, steve, kentn, denise, jp2, scholar, and lar?
Yes, I believe polls are open for 14 days.
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denise
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response 68 of 95:
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Jan 18 20:49 UTC 2010 |
I got the list in resp:65 from skimming through this item. I'm not sure
how serious scholar and lar are about running, though they did nominate
themselves. jp2 is self-nominated but did also accept the nomination in
the same response, iirc.
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remmers
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response 69 of 95:
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Jan 20 13:05 UTC 2010 |
If I recall correctly, the policy adopted at the last board meeting
was that anyone who's been a member in the past and who accepted
prior to closing of nominations was eligible to run for the board
this time. Please correct me if I'm wrong. In any event, I'll
email aruba and ask him which of the folks on the list meet the
past-member criterion.
I emailed Grex staff (at grex-staff@googlegroups.com, which I
believe is the current address) a couple of days ago requesting
that someone with root privileges give me the necessary access
so that I can configure the vote program for the current election.
No response so far.
A couple of roots seem to be reading Coop, so I'll repeat the
request here: I need write access to the directory /var/spool/vote,
and be added to group 'motd' so that I can post election
announcements.
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tonster
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response 70 of 95:
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Jan 20 14:31 UTC 2010 |
I'd help out, but I've gotten a similar response from staff since
volunteering.
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remmers
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response 71 of 95:
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Jan 20 14:48 UTC 2010 |
Hm, somebody appears to have added me to group 'motd'. Don't know
who, but thanks for that. Still can't seem to access the vote
directory though. Once that's fixed and I get a response from the
treasurer on who's eligible to run, the election can move forward.
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remmers
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response 72 of 95:
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Jan 20 16:33 UTC 2010 |
After reading my own documentation and refreshing my memory
as to how things are supposed to work, the directory /var/spool/vote
should actually be owned by voteadm:vote instead of board:vote as
it is now. Don't know why it was changed. So maybe the thing that
a root should do when they get to it is change ownership and then
give me the ability to su to voteadm (via sudo configuration, I
presume).
(Documentation for installing and configuring the vote program is
in the file ~remmers/grexdoc/vote/doc/INSTALL.)
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