Open Stack

On 08/28/2015 10:24 AM, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> If we had the data we may be able prove this assumption by checking for example if the higher amount of votes went to the proposals pushed by corporations with an organized marketing machine.

That would be an interesting use for the data.

> That's what I've always done too. I ignore votes as a track chair.
>
> I think the voting process is a celebration of our community, a party, a ritual to get into the 'summit season; it's not a useful tool to evaluate proposals.

I understand that the track chairs have wide discretion in the selection
of sessions, which seems appropriate. That being said, I am a little
surprised at the casual nature with which current and former track
chairs have talked about how they outright 'ignore votes'.

As a foundation member (I assume voting is restricted to foundation
members), I was under the impression that my vote would always count at
least a little bit (e.g. as a small part of some weighted score). If
that is not the case I think it would be appropriate to set those
expectations, as I am guessing that may others might be under the same
misapprehension.

Regards,

Richard

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 473 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/community/attachments/20150828/84b5cd9f/attachment.pgp>