Call for votes: Developer Membership Board restaffing

[Robie Basak]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 09:19:31AM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> For example, in this situation; carrying out an election really
> shouldn't be an exceptional event.

Normally it isn't. Previous elections have run smoothly and with no
issues that I'm aware of.

However we now have an interaction between the following exceptional
situations, none of which were predicted:

1) The sudden apparent inability to send out announcements in the usual
way.

2) The sudden (for us) change in CIVS to require email pre-approval.

3) Our existing email-gathering system means that people now don't
necessarily know their own ballot email alias and figuring that out is
particularly difficult.

This is exceptional and requires exceptional consideration. Nothing we
might have had in rules or policies previously could reasonably have
predicted this.

You seem to be suggesting that the current situation demonstrates that
the existing documentation, process or policy around running a DMB
election is somehow inadequate. But since this exceptional situation
couldn't reasonably have been accommodated in hindsight, I don't think
this is the case.

> My feedback would be that this election should stick to the process
> already in place at the start of the election. There should be no
> changes to the process while the election is ongoing. If you think the
> election process should change, that should be discussed, agreed on,
> and documented. Then the next election can use the new process.

Thank you for your feedback.

> Can you imagine if a government decided to change the election process
> during an election?

For a fair comparison, you'd have to imagine what would happen if during
a government election it turned out that most of the electorate found
themselves unable to receive a ballot and therefore couldn't vote.
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