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.