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On 2016-10-11 02:35 PM, Thiago da Silva wrote:
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> On 10/11/2016 01:21 PM, Anita Kuno wrote:
>> On 2016-10-11 12:57 PM, Thiago da Silva wrote:
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>>> On 10/11/2016 12:00 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
>>>> On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Anita Kuno <anteaya at anteaya.info> wrote:
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>>>>> Just in case folks care, now is the best time to discuss our 
>>>>> election process and suggest options or changes for the next round 
>>>>> of elections. I'm not adverse to discussing it I just think the 
>>>>> best time for doing so is from the time the last election is over 
>>>>> up to milestone one. Then we have lots of time for ideas and 
>>>>> debate and any suggestions, if accepted, have time to be 
>>>>> implemented and communicated so the process is fair for all, 
>>>>> candidates and electorate.
>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>>> During the election is a wonderful time for posing questions to 
>>>>> candidates in order to clarify their position or stance such that 
>>>>> the electorate can make an informed choice.
>>>> To me, that’s the crux: “during the election”. When exactly should 
>>>> that be? Candidates can (and do) declare up to the very last minute 
>>>> of the nomination window, and ballots go out immediately after 
>>>> that, and voting starts. There really needs to be a period when a) 
>>>> we know who all the candidates are, and b) voting has not yet 
>>>> begun. I would like to see that period be created so that the kind 
>>>> of question/answer/clarify process you mention can happen.
>>> +1
>>> Just to add on to that, it would also be nice to have a better place 
>>> for the questions/answers to be stored.
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>> Have you a suggestion for where you would like to see them?
>>
>> Also regardless of what is formally set up, anyone can ask questions 
>> via the mailing list, that option has been used every election that I 
>> have witnessed, I don't see that changing. I don't think it is 
>> reasonable to ask officials to curate mailing list posts. I think 
>> what we are discussing is something in addition to mailing list 
>> discussions. I don't think anything ever would (or should) replace 
>> what comes up on the mailing list.
> Anita,
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> Agree that the mailing list is irreplaceable, a lot of of the 
> discussion would continue to happen here. I also don't think asking 
> anyone to curate the answers is scalable.

Great, we agree.

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> A *suggestion* would be to come up with a set of questions prior to 
> nomination so that candidates could answer in their self-nomination. 
> Of course, how we would come up with those questions is then another 
> issue. Maybe the questions could even be proposed to the election 
> repo[0], starting with an initial set of questions that are then added 
> on by others in the community ??? I'm trying to come up with a way to 
> repeat what you provided in the '14 election without the burden...
>
> Thiago
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> [0] - 
> https://github.com/openstack/election/tree/master/candidates/ocata/TC

I think the format would be up to whomever administrates it since they 
would have to do the work, accept the stress and pressure and be 
answerable to the community for the choices they make. That is what 
worked best for me.

Thanks Thiago,
Anita.

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>> Thanks,
>> Anita.
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>>> During last week there was a ton of great discussion, but when it 
>>> came to voting time (towards end of the week) it was difficult/time 
>>> consuming to find what each person had said.
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>>>> -- Ed Leafe
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