[maemo-community] Maemo Community Council elections: nominations now open!

[From: gary liquid]

campaigning for someone is one thing, but actively putting their name down
for consideration is another.

a person would know if they want to be included in the election.

/me nominates steve_jobs on principle.

hes got some free time and seems to know how to whip up a community.





On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Valerio Valerio <vdv100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Frantisek Dufka <dufkaf at seznam.cz>
> wrote:
> > Dave Neary wrote:
> >> Candidates eligible for election (*) can be nominated by anyone in the
> >> community.
> >
> > Hmm, I wonder what is the rationale behind this? Do we expect people to
> > be shy and then suddenly accept the fate others planned for them? ;-)
>
> This can be a form to promote a candidate, like in political elections.
> For example, I can nominate X, and explain why I think X is the best
> candidate for the council, my words can convince other persons about
> X, and those persons will talk about X too. X will see that have some
> support in the community and probably will accept the nomination. Can
> be a way of pre-campaign :).
>
> And it actually happens in other community's and non-profit groups
>
> >
> > Frantisek
> >
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