[maemo-community] Maemo Community Council Q1 2011 nominations are now open...

[From: Nils Faerber]

Am 15.03.2011 15:31, schrieb Dave Neary:
> Hi,
Hello!

> Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 09:51, Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
>>> What are people's thoughts on the matter? Do we want to run an
>>> election where everybody is going to get on the Council anyway (to
>>> give the new council a sense of a mandate?) or do we start the
>>> transition process straightaway?
>>
>> All the candidates have a clear track of visible contributions to Maemo.
>> I don't think we need an election here.
> 
> Given the low level of support the elections have garnered, and the
> quite unclear role & mandate the council would have over the next 6 - 12
> months, I think serious thought should be given to replacing the
> election by a referendum on the dissolution of the community council.

As long as the Maemo infrastructure is still heavily depending on
Nokia's support I think we still need the council to give the community
a voice within Nokia?
Once Nokia completely pulls out of Maemo the council probably can be
dissolved but not earlier - maybe I miss the purpose of the council but
my impression was that its main function is to represent the community
towards Nokia? So as long as there is still the linkage between Maemo
and Nokia the council should stay in effect.
If there is shortage on council members I might even volunteer to
prevent its collapse ;)

> If the community council is not dissolved, then the 5 nominated
> candidates become the council, as the by-laws state.

+1

> Cheers,
> Dave.
Cheers
  nils

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