Thread: Maemo Community Council elections: Nominations open!
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2010-03-17 , 14:07
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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
If I may be so bold as to pose a question to the candidates:
You might also be interested in EIPI's interview/debate thread. Questions here to all the candidates might get lost.

I think we would all agree that at least the next 2 councils (12 months) will be dealing with significant changes as MeeGo begins to take shape and our community here begins to merge with the MeeGo community (however that may occur). This will cause changes in our community that the council will have to deal with (from significant to insignificant). In my opinion, it would be best to have stability on the council during this time period, I would hope that 3-5 members would get re-elected for the 2nd term (or possibly their 3rd straight term).
Indeed. Before the MeeGo announcement I discussed with the current and ex-councils whether a 12-month term would, now, be sensible (if there was a mechanism to stand-down). This would deal with council members who didn't have the time they wished to devote available, and provide a consistent set of milestones for each council: Nokia World, summit, paid contributor reviews, hopefully a device launch, etc.

Of course, the MeeGo announcement, and what happens to the Maemo community, change a lot of the rationale there.

How will you (personally) as a council member, deal with the likely complaints (and perhaps even personal attacks) from within the community? How will these complaints affect your commitment to being on the council?
Personally, the attacks were one of the reasons I didn't run for a third term. However, the single biggest antidote to attacks on tmo (and they are *always* on tmo) is the Thanks! button. A simple act by members whose opinions you respect really does counteract the incessant sniping.

Of course, the tiny vocal minority who were upset by the forum rebrand decided that it was individuals on the council who were to blame. I can only hope I've tried to learn not to feed the trolls, and extract the useful lessons about increasing and more effective communication.

However, many people will choose (either actively or passively) to not be involved in this election. And then moan about the candidates' actions. C'est la vie, but why I think trying to drive a large turnout and being as explicit as possible about our positions (or at least our thought processes) is important.

I apologize if this offends anyone, but I think a stable *visible* driving force (the council) will be a key to the longevity (and birth or rebirth) of both communities.
Agreed entirely. You should've run ;-)
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