Renewed call for nominees - IRC Council

[Matthew East]

Hi Joseph,

There is nothing mysterious about this. As I said in the email, the CC
simply wanted to try and get some more nominees. Although we had a
few, we didn't have very many in proportion with the size of the
community and we believe that the interests of the IRC community will
be better served by having members taken from a larger pool of people.
We also wanted to emphasise, as Jussi stated, the importance of the
new governance concepts that we are looking for from the IRC Council,
and our belief that this is an exciting time to be involved in taking
forward IRC governance.

I'd encourage everyone to encourage anyone who they feel would be a
good choice for this role to nominate themselves.



On 01/12/2009, Joseph Price <pricechild at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks very much for trying to be transparent Jussi.
>
> I hope that the candidates were told as such privately, before this
> announcement.
>
> 2009/12/1 Jussi Schultink <jussi01 at ubuntu.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I dropped the news list as I don't think they need this discussion.
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Joseph Price <pricechild at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any chance of an explanation for this? It seems a little odd.
>>>
>>> I saw several more than capable applicants send in their nominations
>>> before my term ended, enough to fill the open seats. (Not taking into
>>> account the pressure for a CC member to also take a seat of course.)
>>>
>> My understanding of why this is happening is because the Community council
>> decided to make some changes to the IRCC charter and requirements, as you
>> can see at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcCouncilChanges
>>  Therefore, as I understand it, the coummunity council is asking for
>> nominees once again, so the original nominees have a chance to not
>> nominate
>> if they do not feel they can go with the new requirements, (but are free
>> to
>> renominate if they desire) and for others to nominate if they feel that
>> they
>> can fulfill the new requirements.
>> I don't think its anything crazy, just a way of acknowledging the changes
>> that have happened and allowing people to act on those changes.
>> Perhaps someone from the CC would also like to clarify if I have it wrong.
>> Hope this helps
>> Jussi Schultink
>> (jussi01)
>>
>>>
>>> 2009/12/1 Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com>:
>>> > Hello everybody,
>>> >
>>> > The Community Council would like to renew the call for nominations [1]
>>> > for the staffing of the IRC Council. The IRC Council consists of five
>>> > members and three seats are currently vacant. The Community Council
>>> > will be working closely with the IRC Council over the coming 6-12
>>> > months and it is an exciting time for the IRC community. We would
>>> > really like to see some more nominees come forward with a passion for
>>> > improving governance and user experience in our IRC channels, which
>>> > are essential resources in the Ubuntu community as a whole.
>>> >
>>> > [1] http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1930
>>> >
>>> > If you are interested in the Ubuntu IRC world and in improving and
>>> > sustaining transparent and healthy governance in this area, we would
>>> > like to hear from you. The only preconditions for nominees are that
>>> > you be an Ubuntu member and that you be passionate about improving IRC
>>> > governance, in particular in the areas outlined by the CC as their
>>> > principal governance expectations on
>>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcCouncilChanges.
>>> >
>>> > In order to nominate yourself to be considered for the role, please
>>> > prepare a brief summary on your personal wiki page of your
>>> > contributions to the Ubuntu project generally (which you may have
>>> > already as a result of becoming an Ubuntu member) and include in the
>>> > page some details about your personal plans and ideas for Ubuntu's IRC
>>> > world. Testimonials regarding your IRC experience within the Ubuntu
>>> > community are also welcome.
>>> >
>>> > Then simply email your name and wiki page to the IRC Council at
>>> > irc-council at lists.ubuntu.com. All nominations will be passed onto
>>> > the Community Council. Alternatively you can email the Community
>>> > Council directly at community-council at lists.ubuntu.com.
>>> >
>>> > Nominations will be accepted until Friday, 11 December 2009. Feel free
>>> > to encourage others to apply if you feel they would be a good nominee.
>>> >
>>> > We look forward to working with you.
>>> >
>>> > The Ubuntu Community Council
>>> >
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>>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-irc
>>> >
>>>
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