Re: Picking a new member - process [and 1 more messages]
Hi,
On Mon, 18 Nov 2013, Ian Jackson wrote:
> chance of winning. The reason being that it is not worth forcing
> other TC members to decide between snubbing the candidate and
> misrepresenting their views, unless we really have to to get the right
> answer.
>
> Or to put it another way: I am content to vote on a short slate if the
> results of that are going to be the same as a hypothetical (honest)
> vote on all the candidates. In this situation, voting on a short
> slate avoids the need for TC members to disclose opinions which are
> socially troublesome and not relevant to the actual decision.
Several comments:
- all candidates should be aware that there would be a public vote so they
sort of accepted the consequences
- you don't have to justify your vote and thus you can avoid expressing
any "socially troublesome" opinion that you might have
- this process leaves the good (but not winning) candidates on the side
just like the supposedly-bad ones that you want to protect... and this
can mis-interpreted by the good candidates as the fact that TC-members
have "socially troublesome opinions" about them.
- some candidates might be interested in the vote results even if they
know that they won't win
- (putting aside my own candidacy) somehow I have the feeling that the
list of candidates for the TC should be made public anyway, if not for
transparency, at least to thank them for having volunteered.
Cheers,
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