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Andrew-

I definitely agree that the people who are upset are the most likely to complain. Something that I take into account when reading product reviews.

I think it's just a communication issue in general whether it be the election, the forum reorg, or the redesign. I agree different communication types for different issues.

In the case of the forum redesign some of the comments *seemed* to me to indicate that some significant discussion took place other than in the forums (perhaps included in the redesign of maemo.org, then a semi-final product was introduced to the forum for testing/comment. Perhaps I am wrong on that point, but that's what it seems like happened to me. If I mis-understood some of the comments, I apologize. Just giving my impression of what happened.

In the case of the election, I wasn't around for the first one. The second one however: I am sure all eligible voters registered at maemo.org were notified appropriately. But...

There are a lot of users that participate in the forums who would have had enough karma and are most definitely part of the maemo community that the council represents who didn't get a chance to vote because they weren't aware of the requirements to become eligible (ie a maemo.org account).

The unfortunate perception then becomes: the recent changes to the forums (a larger user base) are being facilitated by / guided by / helped by the council who was elected by maemo.org (smaller user base). Particularly when these changes are then defended vigorously by the council (not that you are wrong to defend them).

In my opinion, IF there had been a better effort to educate the forum membership on the voting requirements, quite possibly there would have been many more people voting. I think this would have lessened the us vs. them we have seen/are seeing.

For instance the following 2 quotes each started a thread relating to the most recent election. Neither mention maemo.org membership is/was required, so my assumption reading these is that I was not eligible to vote, as I hadn't received any email. I also don't realize that I need a maemo.org login to be eligible in the future.

Originally Posted by timsamoff View Post
If you are eligible to vote in the current Maemo Community Council election, you should have received an email that reads:

This community relies on your participation, so please take a minute to vote!

Thanks,
Tim
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