Re: [activities] SLUG Committee elections: progress so far

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/3/8 James Polley <[email protected]>:
>> You're missing Michael Chesterton, Nominated, second, and accepted as
>> Ordinary Committee Member in the thread at
>> http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2009/03/msg00002.htm
>>
>> At least, I think he was - was there a procedural problem with any of that?
>
> No problem at all - that's my bad. I was looking at the list archives
> for February and forgot about March.
>
>> While I'm here, I'll get a few other things accomplished:
>>
>> I'l second both Sridhar and Melissa for the positions of President and
>> Secretary respectively.

I'd like to withdraw my seconding of Melissa. I cannot in good
conscience support a candidate for secretary who, even before being
elected, is trying to have members removed from the association on the
basis of (as far as I know) a single ambiguous action on IRC.

To be clear: I'm not saying that I feel that fanny-patting is
appropriate - for either meaning of fanny, regardless of whether it's
AFK or in IRC. I'm saying that I don't believe Melissa's response has
been proportionate. I appreciate the need for an inclusive, diverse
community, but I don't believe that knee-jerk exclusions (or even
vague threats thereof) advance this goal.

>
> Okay, since you twisted my arm I must accept :)
>
>> Ken Wilson has never done anything less than a stellar job as
>> Treasurer. I'd like to nominate him for the same role again, if he's
>> willing to shoulder this burden yet again.
>
> Seconded!
>
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