[csw-maintainers] voting this weekend

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 12.12.2010 um 03:27 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Saturday, December 11, 2010, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> writes:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have a mitigated opinion about this: letting all foundation members
>> to vote is more democratic per see. However, not making the minimal
>> effort to participate in the discussion can be seen as a lack of
>> implication.
> ...
> 
> 
> that's all fine if it was made clear BEFORE the meeting ," if you
> don't attend you can't vote"
> 
> but it was not.
> 
> even further , the exact OPPOSITE was indicated.
> a member specifically requested if he could vote "outside" of the
> meeting; a positive reply was given, and there were no dissents to it.
> It would be outrageous to tell people after the fact, "oh by the way
> we took away your right to vote, in the meeting we know you couldn't
> come to".
> 
> The same courtesy should be given to all Members in good standing, in
> light of the rushed nature of this whole affair.
> 
> Next year, now that we have a better idea of how these things work, we
> could be reasonably more hard-nosed about it.

I guess you are right here. I'll invite the rest of the members directly
via ballotbin end extend the vote period by a day.


Best regards

  -- Dago