Thread: [Council] Maemo Elections - September 2011
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2011-08-18 , 17:15
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Originally Posted by lma View Post

I would expect to see a few concrete proposals, followed by debate (people are going to have strong feeling about things like jurisdiction for example) followed by a vote between the proposed options (including "none of the above"). A referendum on chosing between (some vague notion of) organising or winding down right now seems both forced and premature to me.
I would also expect to see some concrete proposals (from Council candidates).

I think now is the right time. We now know for sure Nokia will be cutting off funding. The community is currently thinking proactively about its future. It takes time to organize a non-profit, and then for that non-profit to negotiate (request is a better word I think) things from Nokia. And the "just shut it down" proponents will only get stronger over the next six months.



Originally Posted by lma View Post
That's arguably better, but still too vague. Many people's gut reaction (including mine I think) would be to not give the next (unknown) council carte blanche on something that important.
Keep in mind Council will also be voted on at the same time and probed for their position on the issue. We can be more exact and say "organize as a non-profit", but we do want to keep some things flexible to react to changed circumstances. We also don't want to splinter the "yes" vote wtih several different detailed proposals, although that might be addressed with a transferable vote.

Originally Posted by lma View Post
What are the implications of a "no" result?
Status quo continues, and maemo.org is eventually wound down.

Also, why such a short debate period? Can we at least extend it to match the nomination period for the council?
There will be one month of debate on the merits of the referendum (August 22 - September 22). Currently, I am putting the referendum out there so it can be crowdsourced before August 22 and people won't vote against it merely because of the wording or something like that.
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