[maemo-community] Election process referendum

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Feb 3, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Graham Cobb wrote:

> On Tuesday 03 February 2009 08:31:33 Andrew Flegg wrote:
>
>> Also, as Benson says, it helps reduce the possibility of fraud.
>
> Oh, puhleez!  Can't we all agree to drop this canard?  No one is  
> interested in
> stealing the Maemo community council election!  And, if it ever gets  
> to the
> stage that someone is even interested in this the comunity will have  
> already
> collapsed -- riven by internal division and probably lost Nokia as a  
> sponsor.
>
> The issue is not voting fraud, it is whether the council represents  
> the whole
> community or just the much smaller number of contributors to the  
> community.


As Dave says, this isn't the reality right now, but it could be a very  
real one down the road. The Council is likely going to end up handling  
both a significant amount of money and dealing very directly with  
hirings and firings. Because of this, we need safeguards in place  
_now_ to prevent fraud from taking place in the future.

--
Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council chair