Oh, I didn’t want to imply any intentional wrongdoing. I simply suggested that stepping down in such situation might be the best way to acknowledge the less than ideal situation and prevent the possible argument that might drag for a long time.
Ondrej On Sat, Dec 16, 2023, at 23:22, Martin Winter wrote: > Ondrej, > > On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 9:31 PM Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> wrote: > > The way I read the decision from the chair, they strive to have the voting > > process work for the existing community. If suddenly there’s a surge of > > people who were never active in this community subscribing to the mailing > > list and voting for any of the candidates, I would consider this be a kind > > of hostile takeover. > > > > Honestly, I think the only fair way out of this would be if the candidate > > who received the surge of votes from people outside of this community > > stepped down. A co-chair elected with votes from people who never > > participated in the RIPE community would not be accepted by this community > > and it would be divisive and toxic to the future work. > > I don't like to go this far. We (as the chairs) have no proof or > indication that any of the candidates actively tried to manipulate the > voting. However, some candidates might be more popular in their own > social circles and may have mentioned that they are candidates. And I > think that's all good and fair. > I can't blame the candidates for this or for the fact if someone then > just signed up to vote for him. I have no indication that he/she > motivated them to do this. > As such, I assume all candidates are innocent and did not try to > manipulate the voting. > > Regards, > Martin Winter > Open Source WG Chair > -- Ondřej Surý (He/Him) [email protected]
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