[OpenStack Foundation] Nomination Process Updates

Matt Joyce matt at nycresistor.com
Wed Aug 1 20:22:22 UTC 2012


Pretty much my thoughts.
On Aug 1, 2012 1:19 PM, "Benjamin Black" <b at b3k.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Stefano Maffulli <stefano at openstack.org>
> wrote:
> > On 08/01/2012 12:37 PM, Gil Yehuda wrote:
> >> Seriously, when reviewing the Individual Membership part of the
> >> bylaws we noticed that companies could "game" the system by telling
> >> all their employees to sign up.
> >
> > Maybe, but the way the rules for composition of the board make it
> > impossible for a company to have more than two people sitting on the
> > board. Out of 24 Board Members, what's the worst that can happen?
> >
>
> "Maybe" in this case includes the CEO of Rackspace sending email out
> to all employees telling them to join, so it is perhaps not so
> speculative?  The worst that can happen: all platinum and gold company
> leadership does the same, packs the election with their own employees
> as voters and candidates, shuts out the individuals from the community
> for which those seats are explicitly intended.  Why would there be any
> other expectation?
>
>
> b
>
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