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	Texrat	2010-03-20 , 08:06
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Originally Posted by YoDude

I have some general questions for the Council that will help in answering questions that have been asked of me as a first time candidate.

Hopefully you guys can answer them for me please.

How many members does our community have?

With the talk of the recent growth, can any real numbers be put on it yet?

For instance: How many members were there last year at this time?

How many members can vote in this election?

How can a member easily determine his eligibility?

Thanks.

Oh, and one final question if you don't mind. How much time on average per week do you spend on council business?

Accurate numbers will require some query work. I was recently quoted 30,000+ members, but I can't confidently say how that breaks down without access to the data, and I don't have it. Hopefully the metrics initiative at MeeGo will solve that going forward.

As for eligibility, I'm not sure if you mean candidate or voter. The former is on Dave Neary's list (http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Coun...ble_candidates) and any member with 10 karma can vote. A member's karma can be seen by using their maemo.org member name (not Talk) as shown using mine (http://maemo.org/profile/view/texrat/)

I typically spend anywhere from 10 to 30 hours per week on community business; of that, maybe 1/2 has been specific to council-oriented work.

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