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Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
So no one will think I'm complicit in any way with whatever happens, I'm going to disclose here part of an email Woody sent to a few people four days ago:
Are we sharing Council e-mails now? If so, we should share them in context. For example, this was in part in reply to you pushing to scrap elections entirely, and then accusing me of trying to "rig" things when I pushed ahead with a vote. Nonsensical if you think about it, since had I agreed with appointment I would have been appointed flat out.

Originally Posted by SD69
Luckily, the nonprofit doesn't have to follow maemo's rules and doesn't have to have the same election. Why don't we just proceed now with the people who have already self-nominated and haven't withdrawn their self-nomination? Each of those people is a present or former maemo council member and can't be seriously objected to. It's apparent at this time that we've reached out to the existing community.
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I think we did the right thing to show we were inclusive of the community by throwing open the board for nominations.
I, and others, disagreed. Mainly because of the fact that we all agreed early on to do the first Board elections using the same criteria as Council elections to make the transition easier. It's what we said we would do; privately, in open Council meetings, and in the election announcements, none of which you took objection with until after this mess with nomination withdraws started.

Btw: After thinking about it, it occurred to me that stepping down just after the vote and passing in bylaws would in fact not be a viable option. My stepping down from the position, by the current bylaws, would instantly trigger a new election since there would be less than 3 Directors.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't still do it if elected. Though if there were time-critical issues that the new cycle would disrupt, I could be persuaded to wait until that was done. I'd prefer to simply not be elected, and allow the three to continue on with whatever aid I can give them with the limited time I will have. This is in part why I requested that others not vote for me.

The fact of the matter is, when I submitted my nomination it was done so for reasons I stated both here in the forums, in my nomination e-mail and just before the quoted section in the e-mail you referenced. For a bit more context, I'll share the portion before your out of context quote here, since we're sharing now...

Originally Posted by Woody14619
Your implied accusation, that I'm some how am trying to "rig" things so I get in is not only insulting, but frankly as far from the truth as can be. I frankly have no desire to be on the Board, given my work levels in the next few months. I stated that explicitly when I ran, which I did mainly in case there were not enough candidates (there were only 2 at the time) and to prevent auto-selection in the event of someone else randomly jumping in...

As soon as we were at 6 candidates, and again when we were down to 5, I debated pulling my name. I haven't done so because I didn't want to add further confusion, or make it look like everyone was suddenly abandoning ship. I even posted this reasoning on TMO, asking others to vote for people who can dedicate the time needed (explicitly, not me), now that we will only have 3 directors.

If I am elected, I will very likely vote in the bylaws...
So... What other Council e-mail shall we share next?
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