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	Jaffa	2008-09-10 , 14:35
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Originally Posted by brontide

The problem with the voting rules is that they were designed to preclude those who did not meet the definition from becoming eligible to vote.

Correct.

With so many avenues open to work in/with the "(Maemo|maemo.org|ITOS) community" and no set of voting rules set out far enough in advance for others to "sign up on the electoral role" as you would say. This precluded, maybe more than a handful, of people who are active participants from voting.

I'd guess you are right. Pragmatically, though, do those people have opinions and requirements which are substantially different from those who are participating?

This is not government: this is primarily to streamline and focus communications between "us" and Nokia. Does it actually matter if someone is unable to vote, if the statistical representation is there?

I also don't think that we as candidates are that different in this election: it's more important that whoever is eligible does vote (assuming they agree with our broad platforms and opinions) - this'll make anything the council says as representatives of the community more authoritative. Turnout is more important than the results (and with apparently over 800 votes, I'm pleasantly surprised).

Like, for instance, the mysteriously vanishing 25 karma points needed to vote?

Hardly mysterious. There was always going to be complaining about the process once the process was put into place, despite all the opportunities and invitations for debate before hand.

I agree with GeneralAntilles though, getting 25 karma points isn't hard if you're active in the community; especially once ITT integration is completed and would argue for that rule to still stand in the second election.

You went from 250 voters when voting was first setup, to 450 voters that appeared to be the consensus on the list, to 12288 voters when it actually got created and wonder why those people, active enough to care are annoyed when they can't vote?

Over 12,000 people were eligible to vote in this election. What's your argument? That anyone who wanted to, and had an email address, should be able to vote?

The council's primary constituents are people with maemo.org accounts, all this fuss from people without them may be misunderstanding exactly what the council will be able to do. This is not a council which will be determining the direction of the Maemo platform.

You had to start somewhere, but don't pass this off as something *everyone* should have just known about since the rules were in flux right up until the voter list was created.

I wasn't aware that I did do that.

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