Jeanette Hofmann ha scritto:
Hi, I am not sure whether I am supposed to speak up on these matters since I have no voting right to begin with. In any case, I'd like to say that I really disagree with the approach proposed below. Forming slates might be an ok method when people are in basic agreement or when they at least agree on what they disagree about. This list has shown so much disagreement that, in addition to regional variation, the different opinions should really be represented on the board. I think elections are the best and most democratic way to achieve this goal.
Of course we will vote if we cannot reach agreement. However, elections always are a "traumatic" event, with winners and losers; exactly because there has been so much disagreement, I would hope that more sooner than later we can start working by consensus instead than by challenging each other, and by looking for more opportunities to compete. I'm sure that regional diversity would not be the only principle - we could ensure that the Board includes both people who are in favour of individual membership, and people who are against (the matter, anyway, will finally go to the GA for decision, the Board should only prepare the discussion). All in all, the question is whether we are able to agree among ourselves on a reasonable leadership in this startup phase - otherwise, we'll resort to voting. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------