From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68AF21382C5 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 01:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85799E0978; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 01:33:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ot0-x229.google.com (mail-ot0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c0f::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57D40E0978 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 01:33:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ot0-x229.google.com with SMTP id f47-v6so15665333oth.2 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:33:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=bRsUCIhSSy/U4ghbwEI7gc7PcOhOucW3o4KRKHsrxps=; b=m3nR0cuyU+2zpe0l90tdYJcxYCxkZGjri7T9juHw0ajyrjCdcXltQ+85J3cAEu742l zoby++a1OUJ6901TWSahrnSHmjXfVJYPkkPGMCcahD2z9tqdUCz99FSmHWZUHn4HJx55 xmHbzEJCklLXTaqbO2hooT4Fr7kkF3hZFdCZ12cxqlQJfiz5o0qVyE74K41iRWHgkJOr q3WcexouiyMqmVdoerk3DXMTdyOumCLHmYRNpmLazduz8tzLmEnE4kkjh/WsR+uzhvSo KI+musCjVD+BW2ndRAteZ8g7TIMTEeJa/5/RliL57Fo/UtdNRAH50YVIwd1/KWrGxaPh A9sg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=bRsUCIhSSy/U4ghbwEI7gc7PcOhOucW3o4KRKHsrxps=; b=SlQOGujzNeU8bQzeTVIi76sfMQqbwxoUQMAjdlycV6trrsX9a+t0NmkgSWL78Y3AFn zflqkFVPWdYzYUhN+cRYUOoeXkshj1t2/meeFvJWK2JV0C/YJ+CQznZI64XGosA6kFgc LONYm/KT+2G9Um0+FEMSFFl6m4CWXh/U8gtxywE4YR1bRgIK2nc7JOmC3wg0bmKlHX19 6UcsRFkJFdQWmA3IK76kofsR1R+UKOOntzlK2f1S1ZooCy3VDt+0/LmrRy3zfXswkG8p 8uxINPKNwxJbDAbkhTxA6nJvVSNQjXTc4QLONogyCQa5tM7bqqaU7C7/siOVAqLXipgG t7fA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCxRZvqXiipxALf+w2y+4lh56l6/CTapzKU7JzuqPAjmL/dVPAi gsPX7eSuwudjsaupSOhCmQ3nRR++f30tf0npz+Q= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4+QT3RhvUWHnbv8x75oWQhRMH0vshOSHl+7MNYmTDLUvWu1HcoRtXX33XPyU952+4cx2NpDOwJCVFgY9anRjiI= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:700a:: with SMTP id k10-v6mr10049970otj.194.1523842432033; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:33:52 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a9d:5e09:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:33:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Raymond Jennings Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:33:11 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: reopen nominations To: gentoo-nfp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: b3fb395d-960c-46ae-8db7-4ef099c4efb7 X-Archives-Hash: 1b407bb71a31b8c16b9b4512dd134f24 Quite frankly I'd like to ask why we don't have more candidates standing for election in the first place. Is Foundation Trustee really that unpopular a position to stand for? On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Denis Dupeyron wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto > wrote: >> we haven't had too many candidates > > What does that have to do with candidates not being suitable for the > position they're trying to be elected for? > > To sum up, we're forced to vote for candidates we don't want to vote > for because there's no way we can not vote for them, and not voting is > also not an option since if we don't vote twice in a row we lose our > foundation membership. If it has to be a rigged election I'd rather > not be forced to approve of it. >