[Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

[effe iets anders]

2009/5/27 Angela <beesley op gmail.com>:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:54 AM, philippe <philippe.wiki op gmail.com> wrote:
>> The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes
>> longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and
>> the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as
>> many languages as possible.  Two weeks would almost guarantee a
>> primarily english-centric election.  In the past we've had no problem
>> getting the votes counted/confirmed in two days; we did it last year.
>
> I believe the suggestion is to have the vote lasting for 2 weeks, not
> starting in 2 weeks from now.
>
> Voting last for 3 weeks in past elections.
>
> Angela
>
indeed, thanks for clarifying :)

Lodewijk