<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am absolutely serious.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All the work the recall committee has done has been to remove them from office. That’s been accomplished.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, neither that recall committee, nor those who called for the recall, even if combined constitute a majority of the community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The community should have the right to decide the co-chairs. I think it unlikely they would run in the first place, but even if they do,</div><div class="">I think it extremely unlikely they would get a significant fraction of the vote under the circumstances.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, that is neither my, nor your decision to make on behalf of the community. Let the voters vote. Do you really think that</div><div class="">it is so dangerous if the voters have this choice available to them that you are unwilling to trust the electorate?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 11, 2021, at 05:08 , Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" class="">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le jeu. 11 févr. 2021 à 12:20, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" class="">owen@delong.com</a>> a écrit :<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 11, 2021, at 02:16 , Mark Elkins <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank" class="">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class="">
  
    
  
  <div class=""><p class="">I'll go with what Mike has said, that is - Option 1. I think a
      directive from the CEO & Chair is all that is needed and
      doesn't really need to wait a week for a full Board Meeting. It is
      on the shoulders of this community to fix the problem.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">I think we should only allow the same people that were eligible
      to vote last time - which would save time. I presume that list
      still exists.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">I'd like to see at least four people standing. I don't believe
      that the two ex-chairs should be allowed to stand (we are trying
      to change a bad situation). Personally, I'd like to see people
      standing that are resource owners - as they then have their own
      skin in the game - as such. No one with a policy in the current
      process chain should stand.<br class=""></p></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>I don’t think that they should be precluded from standing. While the recall was successful and I think that they are unlikely to receive a plurality of votes as a result, if the community votes to put them back into office, I see no reason that the community should be deprived of that option.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div class="">t'es pas sérieux là, Owen, tu veux dire que tout le travail que le RC a fait serait inutile et que les même qu'ils viennent de démètre peuvent être encore autorisés à compétir ?  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">
    <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">Most votes - person stands for remainder of two years,<br class="">
      second most votes - stands for remainder of this current year.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">As Arnaud AMELINA <a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""><amelnaud@gmail.com></a> said on 24th Dec:</p>
    <div dir="auto" class="">> Is it normal that out of 2 cochairs, none is
      contact of a resource member?</div>
    <div dir="auto" class="">> Having a cochair who runs network and serves as
      contact (technical) of a  resource member is a big wish as
      previously discussed in this community.</div>
    <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>I don’t think it would be unreasonable to add this as an eligibility requirement through modification of the relevant PDP sections, but I don’t think we should be making it up on the fly without community discussion. There is a process for amending the eligibility requirements and we should follow it if we wish to do so.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">!<br class="">
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    <div class="">On 2/11/21 11:45 AM, Mike Silber wrote:<br class="">
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      Jaco +1<br class="">
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      <div class="">Really humbling that a WG member from outside our
        region is the one trying to drive to consensus.</div>
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      <div class="">Some comments inline.</div>
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      <div class="">Mike</div>
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            <div class="">On 11 Feb 2021, at 11:28, Jaco Kroon <<a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za" target="_blank" class="">jaco@uls.co.za</a>> wrote:</div>
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              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">Hi Jordi,</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">Thank you for your drive on this.</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">On 2021/02/11 10:45, JORDI PALET
                MARTINEZ via RPD wrote:</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">Hi all,<br class="">
                <br class="">
                Following the previous email, we have 4 choices for
                selecting the new co-chairs:<br class="">
                <br class="">
                1. Halt everything regarding PDP decisions, until the
                board can organize on-line elections in a few weeks
                (with the previous electoral census).<br class="">
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          Agree with 1.<br class="">
          <blockquote type="cite" class="">
            <div class=""><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">Pros for (1) / Cons against (2):</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">    - quicker turn around for (1)</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">    - we don't know when feasible
                we would be able to arrange for (2)</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">Cons against (1) / Pros for (2)</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">    - Easier to generate bogus
                votes for (1).</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
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          Agreed</div>
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            <div class=""><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
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                3. Ask the board to choose 2 transition co-chairs, so we
                can have elections in the future (option 2 above).<br class="">
                4. Nominate ourselves a few names for transition
                co-chairs and let the board to decide among them, once
                they confirm their willingness to take the job, so we
                can have elections in the future (option 2 above).<br class="">
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              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">Personally I don't really think
                that (3) and (4) are two distinct</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">options, more like we should try
                to get recommendations / nominees to</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">the board as per 4, and then give
                the board prerogative to select the</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">candidates (even from non-nominees
                if none of the nominees have the</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
              <span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline" class="">required background / skills /
                suitability, obviously with motivations).</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" class="">
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          Agreed. I like the option of 4 + 3 if we can get some rough
          consensus on this list of some nominees. Particularly if (1)
          takes some time.</div>
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