[tei-council] Electing a TEI Technical Council Chair for next year.

[James Cummings]

Hi all,

I agree with Hugh that this is the ideal, and for some of us who 
have been on Council for quite awhile I think it is the kind of 
openness we strive for and tend to assume ... but I don't want to 
have anyone feel uncomfortable in running or voting so fall back 
to the secret ballot version of things.

I've documented what I *think* is consensus on the wiki at:
http://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/TEI-Council-FAQ#How_is_the_TEI_Technical_Council_Chair_elected.3F

Do feel free to correct it there (though if you are changing the 
process entirely, then bring it back to the mailing list!).

If I don't hear shrieks of outrage then I will assume that is 
basically the process we're following this year.

In the meantime if anyone is interested in running to be Council 
Chair and has any questions then I am happy to answer them on or 
off the mailing list.  The phrase 'herding cats' might be used. ;-)

Best,

-James

On 31/10/13 09:56, Hugh Cayless wrote:
> I think my agreement with Sebastian is based on a feeling that
> the Council ought to operate on consensus and cooperation, and
> that it's a source of potential problems if anyone feels they
> can't express a dissenting opinion openly.
>
> But that said, people obviously feel strongly about this, and
> I don't :-). A secret ballot will not hurt anything.
>
> Sent from my phone.
>
>> On Oct 30, 2013, at 22:53, Brett Barney <bbarney2 at unl.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Well it certainly is a surprisingly lively thread, isn't
>> it?
>>
>> I don't have a horse in the race, really, but I am a bit
>> surprised that anyone would advocate "open voting" systems
>> on the grounds that they promote harmony. They might tend to
>> promote toing of the party line, but that's faux harmony at
>> best, I'd say. Nor, I think, does privacy = secrecy. One way
>> to read the Snowden story is that the man was exposing a
>> secret government program to invade privacy. Allowing
>> individuals privacy is not the same as allowing
>> powers-that-be to operate in secret.
>>
>> And yes, James, if when the dust settles someone needs to
>> set up the opavote thingy I'm still willing.
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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