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Grex > Coop > #292: Nominations Open for 2011 Board of Directors | |
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cross
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response 62 of 123:
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Dec 2 19:46 UTC 2010 |
resp:61 I really think you're reaching here. You've interacted with
these people for many, many years, Rane. If you can't decide which of
the three individuals running are qualified for the board based on
that, and maybe a simple statement, then I just don't know what to say.
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remmers
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response 63 of 123:
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Dec 2 22:17 UTC 2010 |
Re resp:56 - Thanks for the correction re 'jadecat', Richard. I've
updated the ballot accordingly.
Yeah, no statements from the candidates so far. I reminded them all via
email how to do it, but no takers so far. If any of them creates a
statement before the polls close, the vote program will automatically
start displaying it.
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richard
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response 64 of 123:
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Dec 3 04:06 UTC 2010 |
You know, since gelinas and ts are running for re-election and want to
serve, I say retract the previous board amendment and keep the board at
seven members as long as there are seven willing to serve. This way TS
and Gelinas can keep their seats and Jadecat can have one and that makes
seven. Grex is in no position to be turning away people who want to serve.
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richard
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response 65 of 123:
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Dec 3 04:08 UTC 2010 |
Just postpone completing the voting and have another bylaw amendment
that simply says that the board can be *either* five or seven members
depending on how many people are available/willing to run in a given cycle.
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cross
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response 66 of 123:
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Dec 3 04:20 UTC 2010 |
I don't think anyone is being "turned away." Changing it now seems, frankly,
impractical.
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rcurl
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response 67 of 123:
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Dec 3 04:47 UTC 2010 |
Re #62: I don't know the occupations, education, and long-term volunteer
capacities on Grex of most everyone I "know" here. Some things related to
these get mentioned by some - infrequently - and I admit I don't try to
memorize the information unless I have some direct personal knowledge of the
persons.
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cross
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response 68 of 123:
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Dec 3 11:29 UTC 2010 |
So let me get this straight: after the many, many years you've spent on Grex,
what you're telling me is that you don't feel you have sufficient information
about the three candidates to make an informed decision as to which would be
best to fill the one vacant board position? Frankly, I find that incredible.
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veek
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response 69 of 123:
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Dec 3 14:00 UTC 2010 |
he's making a valid point regarding lack of information but it's kind of
weird because :) board may propose but staff disposes <g> i mean.. it's
not like former board members didn't try to get things done! It's just
different from being on the board of Intel in the sense that Grex
requires more of weirdo technical skills and point of presence right
now.. it'll be important later on though.. once we have something to
present to ppl. so what country club do ppl belong to :p
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jgelinas
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response 70 of 123:
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Dec 3 15:57 UTC 2010 |
(I admit, I've learned more about Rane here than I did on Confer, way
back when.)
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richard
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response 71 of 123:
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Dec 3 18:16 UTC 2010 |
re #68 this isn't about now knowing any of the three, its about which of
them has any good ideas about what they'd like to accomplish on the board.
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richard
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response 72 of 123:
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Dec 3 19:33 UTC 2010 |
The bylaw amendment changing the size of the board from seven members to
five stipulated nothing about when such change takes effect. Therefore
I think the board would be within its legal right to vote that the bylaw
change shall take effect with next year's election cycle and not this
one. This would allow the board to stay at seven for another year and
all three candidates can have their board seats. If Grex is around a
year from now then go forth based on five seats.
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kentn
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response 73 of 123:
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Dec 3 19:45 UTC 2010 |
When a by-law doesn't say when it takes effect, it takes effect
immediately upon passing. The Board discussed the timing several times
and the purpose of running the by-law amendment voting when we did was
to have it completed prior to this year's Board elections so we'd know
how many seats were open. Thus it was explicitly planned to go into
effect this year. No mention was made of having 7 board members at this
election, in other words.
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rcurl
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response 74 of 123:
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Dec 3 21:17 UTC 2010 |
Correct: bylaw ordinarily goes into effect when adopted, but a change in
the size of the board can't occur instantaneously, unless provision is
made for that (like, saying who will be tossed off to go from 7 to 5). I
didn't think of this at the time (probably because it was pretty moot),
but it should have included an effective date, say "for the election of
2010". However it would certainly go into effect at the election
following enaction, which is now.
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jgelinas
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response 75 of 123:
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Dec 4 21:15 UTC 2010 |
Just curious: what happens to votes cast before the change from mooncat
to jadecat? I don't know that there were any, or any affected by such a
change, but I'm still curious.
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richard
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response 76 of 123:
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Dec 5 07:37 UTC 2010 |
re #75 good question, I mean it wouldn't be good if Jadecat loses
because technically Mooncat's votes (before the ballot change) can't be
put under her totals. Not that one would assume Mooncat would have
voted for Jadecat anyway. I mean who knows if they even get along :)
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remmers
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response 77 of 123:
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Dec 8 14:06 UTC 2010 |
The mooncat/jadecat change won't affect the result. Any votes for
either 'mooncat' or 'jadecat' will be counted towards Anne's total. And
the way the votes are stored, there wouldn't be any double-counting.
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tsty
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response 78 of 123:
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Dec 11 07:19 UTC 2010 |
frpom 48
(2) A candidate can optionally have a "campaign statement" that is shown
on the ballot. Just create a plain text file named "statement" (file
name must be in lower case) in your home directory and the vote program
will display it.
my statememt is now posted.
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tsty
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response 79 of 123:
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Dec 11 07:19 UTC 2010 |
tnx remmzie ...
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sholmes
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response 80 of 123:
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Dec 11 12:49 UTC 2010 |
what if a candidate inadverdently named a very personal file as "statement"
?
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cross
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response 81 of 123:
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Dec 11 13:32 UTC 2010 |
If it's not world readable, I doubt it will show up.
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remmers
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response 82 of 123:
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Dec 11 17:22 UTC 2010 |
Right, for the vote program to see a statement, the file has to be world
readable and stored in a directory that is world searchable.
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tsty
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response 83 of 123:
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Dec 13 17:08 UTC 2010 |
my satemnt is avalaible ... and i fixed all the tpyos.
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tsty
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response 84 of 123:
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Dec 13 18:49 UTC 2010 |
oh, here;s how:
grex% more ~remmers/ts-statement
from putty anyway.
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kentn
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response 85 of 123:
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Dec 13 20:24 UTC 2010 |
Your statement is also appearing on the Board Election web
page, so that's good.
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remmers
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response 86 of 123:
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Dec 16 23:39 UTC 2010 |
Okay, the polls are closed now. I've requested an up-to-date member
list from the treasurer, and as soon as I receive it, I'll tally and
post the results. (Subject to possible slight delay, as I'll be
traveling tomorrow and unable to get online at times.)
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