User:Gmaxwell/vote blank

Why I cast a blank ballot.


 * Two years is too long. We are undergoing dramatic change. The only way to be sure a board selected now will still be good in two years is if they act strictly as a legal mouthpiece for the community.
 * All of the candidates talk about guiding the community, but none propose to be strictly a legal mouthpiece for the community.
 * The existing board members' statements basically repeat the list of items that have been on and off the agenda for the last year and are still ongoing. I do not fault anyone for that, but it is no reason to support them.
 * Most of the new candidates' statements say almost nothing at all. We all love wikipedia and NPOV; tell us something we didn't know!
 * None of the candidates have taken a strong clearly stated position on the matters that only the board can be involved with, such as copyright.
 * When it comes down to it, the board is only mandatory for legal reasons. The board will have to bend to the community will or the community will fork the project and take our work elsewhere. As a result it doesn't matter too much who is on the board.

--Gmaxwell 29 June 2005 03:32 (UTC)

Comments?
I largely agree w you, but I voted non-blank. The reason why is that while it might not "matter too much who is on the board", it does matter a bit. Cheers, ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 2 July 2005 21:06 (UTC)