RE: IIUG Board Nominations

Me too, why should someone be turned away? -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Eric Rowell Sent: dinsdag 21 november 2006 19:46 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: IIUG Board Nominations I think this is a great question and look forward to an answer. On 21 Nov 2006 10:11:11 -0800, mark.scranton@gmail.com <mark.scranton@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone besides me find it odd that the IIUG board would limit the > number of nominees for the board positions? I didn't see anything on > the IIUG website about this, so the impression is as long as your name > got submitted prior to Nov 15, you had a chance. By limiting the number > of nominees, it clearly gives "someone" a chance to "hand-pick" who is > running and who isn't. If it was a first-come first-served, that too is > odd. Not sure of any elections that are run this way, not to mention, > it would again be subjective by "someone" to decide who "got their > first." > > I know that Sam (Gentsch) is running the election this year, and I'm in > no way implying that Sam is not handling details fairly. I really just > want to know why it is being done this way. I know one person who > submittted their name that has already been turned away. Again - I > don't think this makes sense. > > BTW - I didn't run again...been there, done that. The "political > nature" of the board operations will surprise any rookies - hope > they're up for it. > > Thanks - > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list