Re: [SAGE] Alternative Nominations for USENIX Board of Directors Election

[Uli Weis <uw@saar.de>]

Greg Rose wrote:
> 
> Dear SAGE and USENIX members:
> 
> As I announced on the sage-members@usenix.org mailing list, I have formed
> an "alternative nominating committee" with a view towards coordinating
> nominations, principally for the officers positions. What I was afraid of,
> in the heated environment after the USENIX Board's action in dismissing two
> members of the SAGE Executive, was that many people would self-nominate for
> the election
> (a) without understanding their obligations and duties
> (b) without considering the overall slate of candidates, electability, and
> so on.
> 
> I'm pleased to say that we succeeded in discouraging a number of potential
> candidates -- but don't take that the wrong way, all were well-meaning, and
> we very much appreciate their involvement and interest. Some, in
> retrospect, felt that they really wanted to be more involved with the SAGE
> executive anyway, so I think we've helped towards filling those vacancies.
> 

Good news, that you found quite a lot of wellknown and competent people.
So 
I can join the crowd, who don't (need to) candidate (which earns you
love 
from my family).

And probably you don't even need any "supporter votes" of members "in
good
standing" (whatever that means)...

The report of the "official" nominating committee shows, IMHO, that
alternative
nominations are really necessary (too much biased on research, who is
really
in touch with systems administration on that list?). Naturally, this
doesn't
mean, that the candidates on the "official list" are "bad" (I really
like to
have Ted Ts'o on the Board and I'm wondering, why Maddog Hall isn't on
the
"official list"). 

What I'm still missing, is a non-native English-speaker (no UK and no 
Australian) being nominated. 

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> 
> sincerely,
> Greg Rose (for the "alternative nominating committee")
> 

Thanks for your work! I believe it will be positive for the whole
organization.

Greetings from the Saarland (Germany)
-uw

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