Squeak Board 2007 elections process and timeline

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Vainsencher
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:58 PM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Its time to start our second election of the Board. I think this is very
> important - I think that having an elected board has significantly
> improved some things about how the community works:
> 1. We have been able to tackle projects that previously did not have
> enough consensus, such as the relicensing of Squeak and an open process
> for stewardship of the release process.
> 2. We have a solid basis for trust and diversity in our board, where
> before the composition of the leadership may have seemed somewhat
> haphazard.
>
> I personally think we had a pretty kick-ass board this last year. While
> it got off to a somewhat quiet start, recently there have been quite
> regular meetings of the board, with updates to the mailing list, and
> additions to the board agenda regularly solicited. Do you agree this
> worked well? do you think you can do better?
>
> Well, this is your opportunity. Starting today, and for the next 2 weeks
> (until 18th February '07), candidates for the Squeak board are invited
> to announce themselves on this mailing list. If you do not wish to run
> yourself, but would like to see either a particular Squeaker as a
> candidate, or you want something about this election or board term to
> happen differently than is described below, right now is the time to
> start discussing right on this list. If you are not sure how to go about
> it, feel free to send a mail to the elections team mailing list, or me
> personally.
>
> In particular, when applying, candidates are encouraged to mention their
> background, general reasons for running, and particular plans if they
> get elected. Other candidates and all squeakers are invited to pose
> additional questions.
>
> What happens then? the following is our planned schedule, and we don't
> expect it to change much.
> For 2 weeks starting from the 18th, prospective voters are asked to make
> sure they are registered. Remember that the basic criterion for voting
> is having an SqP account that is validated at least to the Apprentice
> level. This is also a good time to talk to other Squeaker communities
> and get them involved. As in the previous elections, we will accept
> votes from other communities, but to waive the SqP requirement, we need
> a well known representative of this community to contact us at the
> elections mailing list.
>
> The voters list will be finalized on the 3rd of March, and the CIVS
> (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html) election started. The
> election will run for 3 days, and the results announced on March 7th,
> 2007.
>
> Daniel Vainsencher and the Elections team
>
>

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm hoping to provide to the community an article about each person that is
> running for the 2007 Squeak Board.  What I would like to know from you is
> what you are interested in knowing from each candidate.  Could you please
> take a few minutes to either respond to squeak-dev or send me a personal
> email letting me know what questions you would like asked?
>
> I know it's easy to ignore posts like this but I strongly encourage everyone
> to participate.
>
> Besides basic bio information here is my first cut of questions:
>
> 1) Do you support stepping up fundraising?  If so what do you propose to do
> with the money collected?
>
> 2) Do you support bounty projects?  If so can you lay out how you would like
> to see a bounty program administered?
>
> 3) Do you support incorporation and not for profit tax status for Squeak
> Foundation?
>
> 4) What do you believe is the future of Smalltalk?
>
> 5) What do you think the community is doing right, what should be improved?
>
> 6) Should the Squeak be represented at more conferences?
>
> If you like these questions, don't like them, or have suggestions about new
> questions please let me know!  
>
> If you like the questions feel free to email me directly: [hidden email]
> to save list traffic.
>
> If you need any help setting up your squeakPeople account or have any
> questions about the election that is coming up, I will be happy to answer
> those questions too.  You can either email me directly, or the news team at
> [hidden email] .  If I get good general questions I may
> post those and the answers to squeak-dev or weekly squeak.
>
> Thank you for your participation!
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
> Squeak News Team Member
> Squeak Elections Team Member
>
>
>
>  
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daniel Vainsencher
>> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:58 PM
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Its time to start our second election of the Board. I think this is very
>> important - I think that having an elected board has significantly
>> improved some things about how the community works:
>> 1. We have been able to tackle projects that previously did not have
>> enough consensus, such as the relicensing of Squeak and an open process
>> for stewardship of the release process.
>> 2. We have a solid basis for trust and diversity in our board, where
>> before the composition of the leadership may have seemed somewhat
>> haphazard.
>>
>> I personally think we had a pretty kick-ass board this last year. While
>> it got off to a somewhat quiet start, recently there have been quite
>> regular meetings of the board, with updates to the mailing list, and
>> additions to the board agenda regularly solicited. Do you agree this
>> worked well? do you think you can do better?
>>
>> Well, this is your opportunity. Starting today, and for the next 2 weeks
>> (until 18th February '07), candidates for the Squeak board are invited
>> to announce themselves on this mailing list. If you do not wish to run
>> yourself, but would like to see either a particular Squeaker as a
>> candidate, or you want something about this election or board term to
>> happen differently than is described below, right now is the time to
>> start discussing right on this list. If you are not sure how to go about
>> it, feel free to send a mail to the elections team mailing list, or me
>> personally.
>>
>> In particular, when applying, candidates are encouraged to mention their
>> background, general reasons for running, and particular plans if they
>> get elected. Other candidates and all squeakers are invited to pose
>> additional questions.
>>
>> What happens then? the following is our planned schedule, and we don't
>> expect it to change much.
>> For 2 weeks starting from the 18th, prospective voters are asked to make
>> sure they are registered. Remember that the basic criterion for voting
>> is having an SqP account that is validated at least to the Apprentice
>> level. This is also a good time to talk to other Squeaker communities
>> and get them involved. As in the previous elections, we will accept
>> votes from other communities, but to waive the SqP requirement, we need
>> a well known representative of this community to contact us at the
>> elections mailing list.
>>
>> The voters list will be finalized on the 3rd of March, and the CIVS
>> (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html) election started. The
>> election will run for 3 days, and the results announced on March 7th,
>> 2007.
>>
>> Daniel Vainsencher and the Elections team
>>
>>
>>    
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>  

>> - Do you have a position on where should Squeak be headed?
>> - How do you want Squeak to evolve next year?
>
> (Not suggestive ones in my opinion.)
>
>> - Do you think it is needed to pay more attention to code quality and
>> less attention to feature lists?
>
> What do you think about the tension between code quality as opposed to
> feature extensions?

>
> I'm interested to hear from people about just how 'strong' a
> leadership they think can be provided and how strong they want. There
> is a simple practical problem with any idea of 'strong leadership' in
> a completely free and open community and that is that there is no
> power at all, no force , no control, that the 'strong leaders' can
> exert unless people voluntarily accept it. If I say "I am the mighty
> leader and lo! Morphic shall be Pink!" it really has no possible
> consequence unless a significant number of people think pink. Or maybe
> unless I can get some more of that mind control drug into the water
> supply.
>