melissa said <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">While elections are typically how we used to do this back in 2006 when we (both the team and ubuntu in general) were much smaller, it's generally now expected that a meritocratic process be followed -- put a motion to the team participants that the role be passed to the particular someone who has demonstrated they can do it, as opposed to taking random names and choosing who is most popular at the time. </blockquote><div> I don't think that the leader of a community has a right to tell the community how the position of leader is created or maintained. I believe we should have regular elections for leader positions within the community to ensure that the community remains vibrant/active. </div>-- <a href="http://www.peter.id.au">www.peter.id.au</a>