[Fwd: Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months]

[Julien PUYDT <julien puydt laposte net>]

Sigh... this mail was sent more than twelve hours ago but didn't make 
it... from now on I'll be using a more direct email address.

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Sujet: Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:53:34 +0200
De: Julien PUYDT <julien puydt laposte net>
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Andy Tai a �it :
> It still looks strange to have the voting body to vote to extend the term of
> the current board, not the same as a general election.
>
> Extending the terms of some leadership tend to happen under situations where
> something prevents the holding of regular elections... nothing comparable
> exists here for the GNOME Foundation.

Indeed! Here is how the mandate of french presidents went from seven to
five years :
- a referendum chose to modify the term length -- but not for the
then-current president ;
- a normal election happened at the normal date for a new president with
the new term.

This made the 'who' and the 'how long' independent, and I think there is
wisdom in it.

Snark