I'm going to conduct new poll on organizing itself because I do not think
current effort is going to go well and it is not representative of what
SPF community is expecting (but I may well be wrong). If it turns out I'm
wrong and people really want to have the council immediately that will decide
what to do for next year (with no rules governing it or organization) then
I'll be able to properly decide on the "conditional" part of my acceptance
to be there and if I want to work on such council or not.
As always please answer by replying to the list and stick to the question
itself (which except for question 5 has multiple choice or yes/no answers).
This poll will last 5 days until Wednesday.
Questions:
1. Do you believe that SPF Organization (and SPF council) need to have
defined rules of order to function properly and be able to represent
SPF Community?
Answers: YES/NO
If answered YES, how do you think the rules should be approved:
a. Separate full work on the SPF-discuss mail list
b. Vote only by SPF elected council
2. Do you want to see elections immediately for SPF council (answer
no matter how you answered 1)?
Answers: YES/NO
If answered YES, what do you believe this new council should do
(answer each question separately):
2a. Work on SPF charter and rules of conduct. YES/NO
2b. Supervise SPF community activities as seen in part 3 of my
original SPF Organization Questionnaire? YES/NO
3. If elections for the council are carried out without any formally
approved rules, how long should the council function?
Answers:
a. Until the new SPF charter and rules are approved by the community
b. For 6 months no matter what
c. For 1 year no matter what
d. For 2 years no matter what
e. The elections should not be carried out at all if there
are no approved rules on how long SPF council will serve.
4. What should be the rules for initial election for the council?
Answers:
a. Anybody at all (no restrictions for those on spf-discuss
no matter if they posted before or not).
b. Anybody who have participated in SPF Community (based
on at least one post on spf-discuss mail list)
c. Only those who have participated in SPF Community recently
based on last 1 month of posts
d. Only those who have participated in SPF Community recently
based on last 2 month of posts
e. Those who have participated more actively in SPF (at least
2 posts every month for 3 of last 6 months)
5. Who would you like to see conducting elections for SPF Community?
(Give the name of one of the active SPF participants who you like
to see do it. The person with more votes then others will be asked
to do it. If he/she declines, then next person on the list, etc)
--
William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net