[maemo-community] Proposed referenda on election processes

[From: Andrew Flegg]

Hi,

Following on from
the<http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2009-January/002918.html>
earlier<http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2009-January/002947.html>threads,
I propose
*THREE* referenda for debate during the next week:

   1. Voting requirements for the NEXT election.
   2. Voting requirements for N+1 & future elections.
   3. Vote counting system for future elections.


Here's the detail of each with reference to the changes needed to:

  http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council#Election_Process


*Referendum #1: Eligibility for the next election only*
*a)* 25 karma minimum and 3 month old account (status quo)

Item #3 remains as "Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts
for over 3 months, and have karma of 25 or above, may vote."

*b)* Karma ignored, account age ignored (council preferred option)

Item #3 becomes "Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts for
over 3 months, and have karma of 25 or above, may vote. *(Exception for
first two elections: community members who have maemo.org accounts for over
3 months may vote - no karma requirement)*"

This option is preferred by the Maemo Community Council to encourage a
greater participation and uptake of maemo.org accounts, before the
talk.maemo.org transition and launch of the revamped website.

*c)* Neither of the above.

No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a
vote for option (a). However, it does allow you to indicate that you think
neither were satisfactory.


*Referendum #2: Eligibility for future elections*
*a)* 25 karma minimum and 3 month old account (status quo)

Item #3 remains as "Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts
for over 3 months, and have karma of 25 or above, may vote."

*b)* 10 karma point minimum and 3 month old account

Item #3 becomes as "Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts
for over 3 months, and have karma of *10* or above, may vote."

*c)* 10 karma point minimum or 12 month old account

Item #3 becomes as "Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts
for over *12* months, *or* have karma of *10* or above, may vote."

*d)* Karma ignored, account age ignored

Item #3 becomes as "*Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a
vote.*"

*e)* None of the above.

No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a
vote for option (a). However, it does allow you to indicate that you think
none of these options is satisfactory.


*Referendum #3: Voting system for council elections*
*a)* No change ("first-five-candidates-past-the-post")

Item #4 remains "Each community member gets one vote.".
Item #5 remains "The 5 nominees with the most votes are elected."

*b)* A single transferrable vote system (rank your preferred candidates)
[council preferred option]

Item #4 becomes "Each community member *eligible to vote gets a single
ballot.*"
Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees *voted for most, as counted by a single
transferrable vote system are elected.*"

This option is preferred by the Maemo Community Council as being easiest to
understand and gives a satisfactory outcome.

*c)* A reweighted range voting system (give *each* candidate a score 0-100)

Item #4 becomes "Each community member *eligible to vote gets a single
ballot.*"
Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees *ranked highest by a reweighted range voting
system are elected.*"

*d)* None of the above.

No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a
vote for option (a). However, it does allow you to indicate that you think
none of these options is satisfactory.


I suggest discussion and debate on these options until *Monday, 16th
Feburary* - and then the referendum starts (debate for a month, then
voting). According to the current rules, only people with karma of 25 or
more may vote in the referendum.

Cheers,

Andrew

PS. Sorry for the HTML email, I wanted to use the formatting to clarify the
changes.

-- 
Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew at bleb.org  |  http://www.bleb.org/
Maemo Community Council member
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