[Fsuk-manchester] Re: Chairperson

[Tim Dobson]

Lucy wrote:
> But an organisation needs stability

Sure :)

> and 12 months will give us that.

I disagree here :)

Various people have come under a lot of strain in the past 6 months due 
to MFS.
I think giving people a chance to take commit a bit less to MFS may help 
keep the group diverse, interesting and smooth running.
By keeping the voting/nomination time to a sensibly short time as was 
suggested, disruption in the day to day running of the group should be 
avoided.

> Like Paul said, it works well for the majority of groups. 

We aren't a group in the conventional sense when we hold discussions 
such as these on a day-to-day basis.
MFS is in constant correspondance - in a week a lot more flows under the 
bridge than in a "conventional" group does in a month...

> Anyway, the fight for free software has been going on for 25+ years, not that 
> much
> changes that quickly :/

Oh sure. RMS has been at the very top of the FSF since 1983, but RMS is 
not elected, nor are any of the executive in the FSF.

In the FSF's case, you can see voting as something to be avoided as it 
could cause the FSF problems due to outside intervention or a reason not 
to support it due to you having very little influence over it by 
supporting it... :-/

Tim

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I'm not 100% satisfied that this conversation should take place quietly 
team@
To be more open and clear, do you think it would be best to continue 
this in a completely open forum? :)

Tim

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