It's already been seconded and such, but we really should have a web
submission form for these polls - that'll also make the job of tallying
them easier :-)
william(at)elan.net wrote:
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
Yes. Not necessarily a rigorous or pedantic set of rules, but there
needs to be SOME form of guidelines available.
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
I would recommend sort of a hybrid approach. The council should assemble
the initial list of "rules" and then these can be presented for
comment/approval to the mailing list. (However, similar to the polls,
perhaps a web forum would be more appropriate...)
2. Do you want to see elections immediately for SPF council (answer
no matter how you answered 1)?
Answers: YES/NO
Yes.
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
Yes on charter. Not exactly sure what the goal is with "rules of conduct".
2b. Supervise SPF community activities as seen in part 3 of my
original SPF Organization Questionnaire? YES/NO
Yes
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.
"A" makes the most sense. There is not going to be any real progress on
getting rules in place until a small group is tasked with this (and the
initial council is the ideal group). As has been mentioned, it is likely
that most (or all) of the initial council members will be re-nominated
after the rules have been hashed out and agreed to.
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)
"B". Well, I guess the REAL question here is "who is considered to be an
official member of the SPF Community?" If the council is being elected
to serve the "SPF Community", then logically anyone who is a member of
the "SPF Community" should be able to vote. If membership to the
community is to be defined by membership to the spf-discuss list, then B
is the logical choice.
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)
It should be someone who is not themselves up for election obviously ;-)
If Anne Mitchell isn't going to accept nomination for the council, then
I would nominate her for managing this initial election.
Cheers,
Doug
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