Kubuntu Council Elections 2013 - Nominations Closed

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Fri May 3 03:08:45 UTC 2013


You did ask for a place to ask questions, which is quite reasonable.  I'm glad 
you're happy withe the mailing list Q&A.  You did also say though:

> I don't mind if you all disagree, but I might have to consider drawing lots
> for voting :) I would like to invite all Kubuntu Members to consider this
> idea.

That's a rather more substantiative suggestion.  Also, a random draw doesn't 
really fit with the the Ubuntu Leadership CoC says about measuring support:

http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

(yes, I know it doesn't fit word for word, since this is an election, not a 
delegation, but the principle applies - the Kubuntu Council can only be 
effective as long as the Kubuntu membership supports it).

Anyway, enough political theory, back to the campaign ...

Scott K

On Friday, May 03, 2013 11:03:01 AM Ho Wan Chan wrote:
> Hello Scott,
> 
> Some objections: I hadn't been Kubuntu Member yet when you sent that mail.
> I was approved for Kubuntu Membership on 10th March, 2013.
> 
> I am not wanting to change the whole skeleton of the voting process, just
> some sort of place where we can ask questions.
> 
> Now, I think the mailing list Q&A method works:)
> 
> BTW, thank you Valorie for your reply, and I hope the other 3 candidates
> would respond soon:)
> 
> Regards,
> Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
> Kubuntu Member
> 
> On 2013-5-3 上午10:41, "Scott Kitterman" <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, May 02, 2013 02:23:48 PM Ho Wan Chan wrote:
> > ...
> > 
> > > I seem to have some difficulty in considering who to vote for (or, since
> > 
> > we
> > 
> > > are having 4 candidates for 3 Kubuntu Council seats, who not to vote
> > 
> > for),
> > 
> > > since all 4 candidates are well-established members in Ubuntu, Kubuntu
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > KDE communities. All 4 of them have been doing substantial tasks for
> > > Kubuntu. And I'm the newest Kubuntu Member. That makes the voting
> > > rather,
> > > erm, complicated.
> > > 
> > > I have some sort of an idea: Should we hold some "election forum"? It
> > > can
> > > be either in IRC or Mumble. Each candidate introduces themselves, then
> > 
> > gets
> > 
> > > asked questions by other Kubuntu Members and Users. This, I think, makes
> > > the election a more informed one.
> > > 
> > > I don't mind if you all disagree, but I might have to consider drawing
> > 
> > lots
> > 
> > > for voting :) I would like to invite all Kubuntu Members to consider
> > > this
> > > idea.
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > We decided back in February (and announced then) how we are going to run
> > the
> > election:
> > 
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2013-February/057678.html
> > 
> > If you wanted it to be done differently, that was the time to bring it up.
> > 
> >  I
> > 
> > think it's fine to ask questions of the candidates as you're been doing,
> > but we
> > aren't going to change the election process in the middle of it.
> > 
> > Scott K
> > 
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