I'm mostly worried about getting enough candidates for each region/industry. I guess if we don't get enough candidates for the scope we have, we can combine some slots. This sounds like a reasonable approach and will give us an idea of candidate interest, though. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Tim Bell <noggin143 at gmail.com> wrote: > ** ** > > Ryan,**** > > ** ** > > I’m fine with an initial round of some more nominations in order to > increase the scope. We can schedule elections post-summit. We should at > least be able to identify**** > > ** ** > > **- **3 representatives of the geographies (US, EMEA, Asia)**** > > **- **A small number of industry representatives in the key > areas that the foundation wants to focus on in 2013**** > > ** ** > > We should try to avoid elections at the end of the year since this would > cause extra confusion w.r.t. individual member board elections.**** > > ** ** > > Tim**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ryan Lane (Google Docs) [mailto: > k+MTEzMDgzMzEyODExNDQ5NTUwOTY3-MTExMjE0NDA2OTcyNjcyMzQ4MTY3 at docs.google.com] > > *Sent:* 11 February 2013 07:37 > *To:* noggin143 at gmail.com > *Subject:* OpenStack User Co... - Does this mean we would select member... > **** > > ** ** > > Ryan Lane replied to a comment on OpenStack User Committee Update<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fL6IMVGRELQZfhXPdNVMpdF1glj91u2rbQGciCXKYmU/edit?disco=AAAAAFNKzPQ> > **** > > [image: Tim Bell]**** > > *Tim Bell***** > > Finalize structure of committee Begin inviting new committee members Send > initial user poll**** > > Does this mean we would select members or that we would hold elections?*** > * > > [image: Ryan Lane]**** > > *Ryan Lane***** > > I think we need to have more discussion on this. Elections will be > difficult if we're trying to ensure the membership coverage areas we've set > up. I do think elections are the right way to go, but setting them up > properly is going to be difficult.**** > > ** ** > > [image: Ryan Lane]**** > > *Ryan Lane***** > > *Marked as resolved***** > > You received this email because you are mentioned in this thread.Change<https://docs.google.com/comments/u/113083312811449550967/docos/notify?id=AAHRpnXurc10KsQzQVaFWi06iE1FbyLEJoxStQXMWfeN2Zkeb2YHsGxxGuW5Y3ETNTxqrY6Fr1wh7RPeDaAGCejt42m7UQ6vR44b02xXG1d_PGtniWw9Qe5o&title=OpenStack+User+Committee+Update>what Google Docs sends you.You can reply to this email to reply to the > comment.**** > > **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > User-committee mailing list > User-committee at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/user-committee > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/user-committee/attachments/20130211/549a2c08/attachment-0001.html>