Renewed call for nominees - IRC Council

Wed Dec 2 05:31:01 UTC 2009

I would like to re-nominate myself as a candidate for the IRC council.  I
feel I have a broad reach within the IRC community - on the user help side
and development channels (and in more flavors than just Ubuntu)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StephenStalcup

I welcome all to leave feedback at the bottom section of my wiki page -
either good or bad.

Thanks for the opportunity.

Steve

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Matthew East <matt at mdke.org> wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> There is nothing mysterious about this. As I said in the email, the CC
> simply wanted to try and get some more nominees. Although we had a
> few, we didn't have very many in proportion with the size of the
> community and we believe that the interests of the IRC community will
> be better served by having members taken from a larger pool of people.
> We also wanted to emphasise, as Jussi stated, the importance of the
> new governance concepts that we are looking for from the IRC Council,
> and our belief that this is an exciting time to be involved in taking
> forward IRC governance.
>
> I'd encourage everyone to encourage anyone who they feel would be a
> good choice for this role to nominate themselves.
>
>
>
> On 01/12/2009, Joseph Price <pricechild at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks very much for trying to be transparent Jussi.
> >
> > I hope that the candidates were told as such privately, before this
> > announcement.
> >
> > 2009/12/1 Jussi Schultink <jussi01 at ubuntu.com>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I dropped the news list as I don't think they need this discussion.
> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Joseph Price <pricechild at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Any chance of an explanation for this? It seems a little odd.
> >>>
> >>> I saw several more than capable applicants send in their nominations
> >>> before my term ended, enough to fill the open seats. (Not taking into
> >>> account the pressure for a CC member to also take a seat of course.)
> >>>
> >> My understanding of why this is happening is because the Community
> council
> >> decided to make some changes to the IRCC charter and requirements, as
> you
> >> can see at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcCouncilChanges
> >>  Therefore, as I understand it, the coummunity council is asking for
> >> nominees once again, so the original nominees have a chance to not
> >> nominate
> >> if they do not feel they can go with the new requirements, (but are free
> >> to
> >> renominate if they desire) and for others to nominate if they feel that
> >> they
> >> can fulfill the new requirements.
> >> I don't think its anything crazy, just a way of acknowledging the
> changes
> >> that have happened and allowing people to act on those changes.
> >> Perhaps someone from the CC would also like to clarify if I have it
> wrong.
> >> Hope this helps
> >> Jussi Schultink
> >> (jussi01)
> >>
> >>>
> >>> 2009/12/1 Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com>:
> >>> > Hello everybody,
> >>> >
> >>> > The Community Council would like to renew the call for nominations
> [1]
> >>> > for the staffing of the IRC Council. The IRC Council consists of five
> >>> > members and three seats are currently vacant. The Community Council
> >>> > will be working closely with the IRC Council over the coming 6-12
> >>> > months and it is an exciting time for the IRC community. We would
> >>> > really like to see some more nominees come forward with a passion for
> >>> > improving governance and user experience in our IRC channels, which
> >>> > are essential resources in the Ubuntu community as a whole.
> >>> >
> >>> > [1] http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1930
> >>> >
> >>> > If you are interested in the Ubuntu IRC world and in improving and
> >>> > sustaining transparent and healthy governance in this area, we would
> >>> > like to hear from you. The only preconditions for nominees are that
> >>> > you be an Ubuntu member and that you be passionate about improving
> IRC
> >>> > governance, in particular in the areas outlined by the CC as their
> >>> > principal governance expectations on
> >>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcCouncilChanges.
> >>> >
> >>> > In order to nominate yourself to be considered for the role, please
> >>> > prepare a brief summary on your personal wiki page of your
> >>> > contributions to the Ubuntu project generally (which you may have
> >>> > already as a result of becoming an Ubuntu member) and include in the
> >>> > page some details about your personal plans and ideas for Ubuntu's
> IRC
> >>> > world. Testimonials regarding your IRC experience within the Ubuntu
> >>> > community are also welcome.
> >>> >
> >>> > Then simply email your name and wiki page to the IRC Council at
> >>> > irc-council at lists.ubuntu.com. All nominations will be passed onto
> >>> > the Community Council. Alternatively you can email the Community
> >>> > Council directly at community-council at lists.ubuntu.com.
> >>> >
> >>> > Nominations will be accepted until Friday, 11 December 2009. Feel
> free
> >>> > to encourage others to apply if you feel they would be a good
> nominee.
> >>> >
> >>> > We look forward to working with you.
> >>> >
> >>> > The Ubuntu Community Council
> >>> >
> >>> > --
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> >>> > Ubuntu-irc at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-irc
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>
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