I, for one, would love to see more discussion happening on the mailing
list(s). In-person meetings (and real-time communication like IRC) doesn't
seem appropriate at this point. I've got a family at home and other
weekend obligations; before I find babysitting and make the trek to <real
world location>, I'd like to have some confidence that all other means of
communication/organization were exhausted. Voting on positions doesn't
seem to meet that bar. We can certainly do nominations online (either on a
wiki page or on the mailing list), and I'll volunteer to set up
a Selectricity instance if we need to run a secret ballot.
--scott