Community Council/Council voting rights - Revision history

generalantilles: Categorization

generalantilles — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:11:11 GMT

Categorization

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	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.		#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.
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jaffa: Tweak gcobb's wording

jaffa — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:38:58 GMT

Tweak gcobb's wording

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	# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''		# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"
-	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections and the council is ~~more~~ likely to ~~represent all~~ Maemo users, not just contributors to the Maemo community. These are also the disadvantages, as some community members wish the council to focus on active contributors and ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible. It also becomes trivial for someone who has put lots of work into the community (which would be recognised by more active members) to be overlooked in favour of the author of a killer app, but who may just be throwing releases "over the wall" to the "real" community.	+	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections and the council makeup is likely to be representative of more Maemo users, not just ''contributors'' to the Maemo community. These are also the disadvantages, as some community members wish the council to focus on active contributors and ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible. It also becomes trivial for someone who has put lots of work into the community (which would be recognised by more active members) to be overlooked in favour of the author of a killer app, but who may just be throwing releases "over the wall" to the "real" community.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.		#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.

gcobb: Add further advantage/disadvantage for "anyone can vote" option

gcobb — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:16:52 GMT

Add further advantage/disadvantage for "anyone can vote" option

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	# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''		# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"
-	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections~~. This~~ is also the ~~disadvantage~~, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible. It also becomes trivial for someone who has put lots of work into the community (which would be recognised by more active members) to be overlooked in favour of the author of a killer app, but who may just be throwing releases "over the wall" to the "real" community.	+	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections and the council is more likely to represent all Maemo users, not just contributors to the Maemo community. These are also the disadvantages, as some community members wish the council to focus on active contributors and ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible. It also becomes trivial for someone who has put lots of work into the community (which would be recognised by more active members) to be overlooked in favour of the author of a killer app, but who may just be throwing releases "over the wall" to the "real" community.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.		#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.

jaffa: Adding additional disadvantages

jaffa — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:56:08 GMT

Adding additional disadvantages

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	# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''		# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"
-	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.	+	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible. It also becomes trivial for someone who has put lots of work into the community (which would be recognised by more active members) to be overlooked in favour of the author of a killer app, but who may just be throwing releases "over the wall" to the "real" community.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.		#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.

dneary at 08:40, 17 February 2009

dneary — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:40:22 GMT

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	The following referendum is to decide once and for all what requirements will be needed of Maemo community members before they may vote in community council elections. The choices proposed are to maintain the current levels, to reduce the karma requirement to 10, to reduce the karma requirement to 10 '''and''' allow anyone with an account over 1 year old to vote, or to drop all requirements other than having a maemo.org account.		The following referendum is to decide once and for all what requirements will be needed of Maemo community members before they may vote in community council elections. The choices proposed are to maintain the current levels, to reduce the karma requirement to 10, to reduce the karma requirement to 10 '''and''' allow anyone with an account over 1 year old to vote, or to drop all requirements other than having a maemo.org account.
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		+	To vote, please visit [http://maemo.org/vote the voting page].

	== Proposed options ==		== Proposed options ==

generalantilles at 23:38, 16 February 2009

generalantilles — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:38:54 GMT

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	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.		#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
-	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory ~~(i.e., you are submitting a spoiled ballot paper)~~.	+	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory.

lardman: fixed typo

lardman — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:31:59 GMT

fixed typo

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	# '''10 karma point minimum ''or'' 12 month old account'''		# '''10 karma point minimum ''or'' 12 month old account'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts for over 12 months, or have karma of 10 or above, may vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts for over 12 months, or have karma of 10 or above, may vote.''"
-	#* The advantage of this method over the second is that members who have created an account will eventually get a vote, regardless of whether their contributions are ~~not~~ included in the karma calculation. The disadvantage is that over time more and more of the electorate will be made up of people whose accounts are inactive, and who are no longer in touch with the community.	+	#* The advantage of this method over the second is that members who have created an account will eventually get a vote, regardless of whether their contributions are included in the karma calculation. The disadvantage is that over time more and more of the electorate will be made up of people whose accounts are inactive, and who are no longer in touch with the community.
	# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''		# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"

lardman: fixed typo

lardman — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:31:17 GMT

fixed typo

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	# '''10 karma point minimum ''or'' 12 month old account'''		# '''10 karma point minimum ''or'' 12 month old account'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts for over 12 months, or have karma of 10 or above, may vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Only community members who have had maemo.org accounts for over 12 months, or have karma of 10 or above, may vote.''"
-	#* The advantage of this method over the second is that members who have created account will eventually get a vote, regardless of whether their contributions are not included in the karma calculation. The disadvantage is that over time more and more of the electorate will be made up of people whose accounts are inactive, and who are no longer in touch with the community.	+	#* The advantage of this method over the second is that members who have created an account will eventually get a vote, regardless of whether their contributions are not included in the karma calculation. The disadvantage is that over time more and more of the electorate will be made up of people whose accounts are inactive, and who are no longer in touch with the community.
	# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''		# '''Karma ignored, account age ignored'''
	#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"		#* [[Community Council#Election process\|Item #3]] becomes "''Anybody with a maemo.org account will be entitled to a vote.''"

generalantilles: Typo

generalantilles — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:30:38 GMT

Typo

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	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.		#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
-	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory (i.e. you are ~~sumbiting~~ a spoiled ballot paper).	+	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory (i.e., you are submitting a spoiled ballot paper).

lardman: /* Proposed options */

lardman — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:29:01 GMT

Proposed options

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	#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.		#* The advantage of this method is that it is very easy to gain a right to vote in Maemo council elections. This is also the disadvantage, as ballot stuffing through mass creation of accounts before an election becomes possible.
	# '''None of the above.'''		# '''None of the above.'''
-	#* ~~No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a vote for~~ option ~~1. However, it does allow~~ you to indicate that you think none of ~~these~~ options is satisfactory.	+	#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory (i.e. you are sumbiting a spoiled ballot paper).