Summary of board- and voting-related discussions, and what comes next

[Leo Franchi]

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Hi all,

It has been a week since the last mail on either the topic of legal  
representation or voting systems. I think it is a good time to sum up  
what people have said and where we can go from here.

Legal structure:

Everyone seems to be in favor of using the SFC instead of doing it our  
way. The main concern that I saw brought up was the fact that we can  
only get reimbursed for funds, rather than just disbursing money  
beforehand. However, the SFC allows us to do basically anything as  
long as it is legally OK. They are not putting barriers in front of us  
just because they feel like it. This means that there is a *legal  
reason* for them to not be able to give us money without seeing a  
receipt. This means that *even if we do it ourselves* we would be  
stuck doing the same thing. So this criticism has no effect on the SFC  
vs. on-our-own concept at all. As soon as we are a 501(c)(3) or have  
sponsorship, we simply have some legalities that we need to follow.

Voting:

Mark is the only proponent of the 1 vote + bonus scheme. The other  
responses have varied in their reasons for supporting the 1-vote-1- 
person system ( how to determine length of involvement, voters don't  
actually do much, unecessary complexity, loss of anonymity are some  
examples ) but are all fundamentally agreed.

As more than a majority voice agrees on the 1-vote per person model,  
that is the way forward. I also offer another (i think) compelling  
reason: the work required to implement the more-complex 1+bonus system  
is not insubstantial (if it is to be conducted anonymously). we would  
need someone to volunteer for this task.

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All that said, here is what comes next:

1) The voting system  itself. I'm waiting on thiago to get me the  
scripts used by the e.V. to handle votes (so I can modify then and use  
them). If it takes much longer I may just write a voting thing from  
scratch as it has already been 2 weeks.

2) The next step on the legal front is to nominate people for the  
board itself. Every person, voter and non-voter alike, can nominate up  
to 5 people (this is from the original mail). Nominating will be  
public. If you wish to nominate a group (or individuals) reply with  
your nominations. I will keep a record of the people nominated.

3) In 1 week I'll list everyone who has been nominated. Hopefully by  
then the voting system will be set up. If not, we'll delay the next  
step until it is.

4) There will be a 2 week period where every voter can vote for 5  
people. At the end of the 2 weeks, the 5 people with the most votes  
are elected the board. (Once again, just restating our original  
proposal)

Once this is complete, we're done! Woohoo! The board can make  
financial decisions (in the interim, before we are officially tied  
with the SFC, the board will just use their discretionary financial  
powers with help from Greg).

leo
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Leo Franchi				(650) 704 3680
Tufts University 2010

lfranchi at kde.org
leonardo.franchi at tufts.edu

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