<div dir="ltr"><div>Dave,<br> <br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">While I disagree with "dangerous", I am not opposed now to using only<br>
the existence of a maemo account 3 months before the election date as<br>
the eligibility condition. I will generate a list of eligible voters<br>
based on this.</blockquote><div><br>Excellent <br></div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
I want the council to be constructive, and I want it to support the<br>
people who are actually doing things for Maemo. That means electing<br>
people from those doing things for Maemo. Not necessarily the best known<br>
and not the loudest complainers.<br>
<br>
That's the way my vote will be going.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Just the way it should be.<br>We are all now eligable to vote for our favorites and I don't have to do any karma whoring to join in :)<br><br>Good luck to all the candidates.<br><br>Gary (lcuk)<br>
<br><br><br><br><br> </div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Dave Neary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dneary@maemo.org">dneary@maemo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I'll try to be delicate here while still saying what I want to say...<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
Jonas Hurrelmann wrote:<br>
> And if you really think the maemo community is a mob (sic!) who will vote for<br>
> some inactive people who just want to gain fame (or what ever your fears are),<br>
> I wonder why we should have elections at all to represent that "mob".<br>
<br>
</div>I can imagine situations where the people who are the loudest, who are<br>
very active on IRC and in web forums, but who don't actually contribute<br>
positively, get voted in by a large group of people who think that what<br>
the council is about is sticking it to Nokia.<br>
<br>
I want the council to be constructive, and I want it to support the<br>
people who are actually doing things for Maemo. That means electing<br>
people from those doing things for Maemo. Not necessarily the best known<br>
and not the loudest complainers.<br>
<br>
That's the way my vote will be going.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
Cheers,<br>
Dave.<br>
<br>
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