[sakai-pmc] VOTE: PMC chair/vice-chair tenure and election bylaws changes

[Steve Swinsburg]

I'm on holiday right now, +1.

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On 10/01/2014 7:38 AM, "John Bush" <jbush at anisakai.com> wrote:

> Move for a roll call would be my preference.
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Noah Botimer <botimer at umich.edu> wrote:
> > I actually favor voting before the conference. I just don't think we
> should codify blackout windows in the bylaws. I think election dates are
> better handled operationally.
> >
> > At present, the proposal has failed. Is there an amendment suggested or
> should we withdraw it, or move to a roll call?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Noah
> >
> > On Jan 9, 2014, at 2:54 PM, May, Megan Marie wrote:
> >
> >> I think this is different than the run of the mill votes -we're talking
> about the leadership of this committee!   Perhaps we can compromise to have
> the vote occur before the June conference?   With the term running July to
> June this makes sense anyway.
> >>
> >> Megan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
> sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Noah Botimer
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 11:47 AM
> >> To: Jean-Francois Leveque
> >> Cc: sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org
> >> Subject: Re: [sakai-pmc] VOTE: PMC chair/vice-chair tenure and election
> bylaws changes
> >>
> >> A purpose of our construction is robustness. If an individual member
> will be away for an extended time, that should not substantively change the
> viability or capacity of the group.
> >>
> >> As the membership is individual, I think that the onus is on the
> individual to maintain awareness of group activity, notify the group of
> extended absence, or request special assistance for help in staying current
> while away from the office.
> >>
> >> With respect to activity around the July-August timeframe, something in
> the PMC bylaws would certainly not be surprising, even if inconvenient. I
> respect the cultural and regional subtleties to all timing (calendar or
> clock) issues, but the suggestion was not made arbitrarily. It aligns with
> other important and well-published community activities during the calendar
> year.
> >>
> >> With respect to ad-hoc votes, they come up when they come up -- and I
> think the robustness of our membership handles that versus scheduling
> irregularities as well as any solution could.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Noah
> >>
> >> On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 09/01/2014 17:12, Sam Ottenhoff wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   It's not personal vacations, most French higher education
> institutions
> >>>>   are closed in July and August. Shouldn't I feel excluded because I'm
> >>>>   French if chair election are likely to regularly happen when I have
> to
> >>>>   be on vacation?
> >>>>
> >>>> But the PMC is a group of individuals and not a group of
> >>>> institutional representatives.  Members have been chosen to serve on
> >>>> the PMC because they have demonstrated a great individual
> >>>> contribution to the Sakai Project.  If the PMC feels like it is
> >>>> institutional work, or part of the institutional job, then something
> is wrong.
> >>>
> >>> Suppose I'm on vacation from my institutional work, how do I know when
> >>> I have to be available for the PMC? How long can I be away from
> network?
> >>> How often do I have to check for new votes?
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