[GRASS-PSC] GRASS PSC elections in 2016

[Moritz Lennert]

On 03/06/16 12:36, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Moritz Lennert
> <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> [...]
>> I would announce the vote (and the procedure) via the mailing lists. That
>> way completely inactive contributors might not be informed, but that sounds
>> fine to me.
>
> Yes, makes sense.
>
> As time permits I'll draft an announcement and would like to receive
> some proof reading support to avoid that I overlook something.
>
> Still TODO: the number of slots to fill.
> We have 3 current PSC members not standing for election and apparently
> 7 remaining/standing for election.
>
> Do we want another how many being randomly selected? Or 3 is fine for
> now and at the next round in 3 years randomly pick 50% or any other
> mechanism?

Can't we just have a system where every 3 years we reelect the complete 
PSC, but people can be candidates for their own succession ? I'm not 
sure that there is such a rush of people for this job, but if there is, 
great. Then the election will actually be a real election ;-)

And I think that the risk that the entire PSC will be changed and that 
we find ourselves with a PSC full of newbies is quite low.

So, to summarize, my proposal would be:

- Election of the entire PSC every three years
- All people with SVN access have the right to vote
- Elections are announced on grass-dev and grass-user with a clear 
definition of procedure:
	- Anyone (or anyone with voting right ?) can nominate someone during a 
period of a few (4?) weeks
	- Possibly: those who are already in the PSC and stand for elections 
again do not need a nomination / can nominate themselves ?
	- Voting during 1 week
	- The ten candidates with the most votes make up the new PSC

Moritz