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observations on the OGB election

Wednesday, Mar 28. 2007  –  Category: OpenSolaris

just some random observations that come to mind from the recent OGB election: (in no particular order)

1. as glynn noted, no women elected. i was hoping to see michelle and karyn make it, i think both would have been well qualified.
2. 3 of the 7 elected members were NOT interviewed by simon. so clearly some people had their minds made up already.
3. the top 2 winning members (James & Casper), i would argue, did not campaign as publicly or strongly as others. i interpret this as the being the result of the majority of voting core contributors being ON developers who have had interaction with the two from past Solaris relationships.
4. the election of james, casper, and alan speaks to me that people wanted strong ARC influences, or at least strong engineering leadership.
5. everyone’s an engineer. i was hoping to see more non-technical members to make sure we don’t lose perspective on the non-technical aspects of the OpenSolaris community (i.e.: community users, user groups, and other communities like marketing, documentation, etc.)
6. i was surprised jim didn’t make it. if i’m reading the results right, it looks like it came right down to the wire for him.

i’m happy with how the board turned out. i think we have a strong set of board members, and i’ve got high hopes for making progress in the upcoming term.