Re: Voting System

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org> wrote:
> 
> Nadim and I were talking (before our post-poned meeting should have
> taken place) and it got me thinking.
> 
> We really need to get everyone (cvs committers) involved a lot
> more in the decision making process. Nadim said something to
> the effect of 1 vote per committer. I like that a lot. I think
> we also need to put the charter in effect (on the live pages)
> _VERY_ soon. I know that this post may be ignored just because
> of this mention, but if I don't get any feedback I'll simply
> go ahead and do things assuming agreement.

I'll relook at the charter - but I dislike burocracy and endless
ever-evolving set of rules.  I think a voting system in place solves
almost all those issues.  Problems arise when there is no communication
and no discussion and so you solve that you solve all issues.  In
short, I'd say,

 1. talk, meet, discuss
 2. everyone is equal weight (physically or otherwise :-) to everyone
    else - no rank pulling.  1 person == 1 opinion

I would much rather not go down this road again since it doesn't
serve any legit purposes - we need to move forward and progress.

> I want this done very quickly so we can add a new 'core' member
> without having to have all these lingering issues still hanging.
> We don't want a new member entangled in the politics core
> went through several months back.
> 
> Anyway, let's get the consent on the draft (re-consent) and 
> start notifying the nominee of the possibility (he might
> not want it). No names (here) yet.

A couple of issues here to consider,

 1. Why add another set of people (we continue to need an odd number
    of core'ites).  What is the impetus for it ?  What is expected
    to happen ?  What areas need to be covered ?  Is there a limit/cap
    to how many core'ites there should be ?

 2. What if the commitment falters ?

 3. What should the core team do to bring better focus and more
    urgancy to the process.

Salam.

 - Nadim


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