On Jan 6, 2008 5:20 PM, Augustin (Beginner) <drupal.beginner@wechange.org> wrote:
What election method are you going to use? You said you'd look into it, but I am still waiting for an official answer.
I *very much hope* it won't be Plurality Voting. http://drupal.org/node/203039#comment-674344 As explained there, Approval Voting is simple, and VERY good election method and does not contradict the Statutes.
The votes are yes/no on each application to be a permanent or board member. The Drupal Association Statuses, available at http://association.drupal.org/about/statutes-and-internal-regulations, describes how our elections must conducted to be legal. Article 7, section 2 explains admission for permanent members: "The General Assembly shall, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the voting members, present in person or by proxy (by two-thirds majority of those present or of the proxy members), decide on the actual admission of the Permanent Member." Article 18 explains admission for board members: "The members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the General Assembly and may be removed at any time by the General Assembly. For both cases, a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the present or represented members is required." For responsibilities within the board of directors, such as fundraising, article 11 states: "It is the Board of Directors, not the General Assembly, which decides over the assignment of offices within the Board of Directors." The GA is not voting directly on board positions; it is possible to elect board members who want to take on overlapping responsibilities. For example, this happened last year, Zack and Kieran ended up both being listed as fundraisers at http://association.drupal.org/about/staff. -- Neil Drumm http://delocalizedham.com