[ubuntu-uk] Citizens rejoice! Your Lord and Master stands on high, playing track 3.

Mark Jose kernowyon at kernowyon.co.uk
Sun Sep 30 21:42:34 BST 2007


On Sunday 30 September 2007 16:14, Alan Pope wrote:
> According to this:-
>
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/ubuntu-uk-point-of-contact
>
> Some people voted and by a nose I seem to have "won" the post of "Point
> of Contact for the Ubuntu-UK LoCo Team".
>
> Yay! (I think).

Indeed - congrats Alan!

>
> Firstly I'd like to thank Nik Butler for all his hard work herding sheep
> over the last 18 months or so. I wish him all the best with his
> endeavours outside Ubuntu-UK and of course as with anyone he's welcome
> to continue contributing to the team where time permits.
>
> Some things I'd like to say in brief.
>
> * It was a close result so clearly there are people who relate to the
> "pitch" that others gave. As such I would very much like to call on the
> skills of those people who put forward suggestions to help develop and
> deliver on those ideas.
>
> * Not many people voted (44 out of a possible 260+). Possibly down to
> the accelerated schedule we set up for the vote, voter apathy or maybe
> something else. We need to look at whether that number is fair and
> representative (maybe only 44 people actually 'contribute' to Ubuntu-UK,
> maybe only 44 people saw the mail) and if it isn't, look at ways to
> improve that.
>

I didn't vote. I looked at the comments from the candidates and it was a tough 
choice! Not having met any of the candidates personally, I would have had to 
decide based on a few lines of comment plus posts to the list.

Mark



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