Subj : 2019 FTSC Standing Member Election - Nominations Status
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Dec 02 2019 11:20 am

Hello Ward,

On Monday December 02 2019 01:21, you wrote to me:

WD> I was unaware, but you seem to be correct. So there "is" and issue.

WD> In that case it may be up to the FTSC-chairman to handle it ... like
WD> put the election on hold and extend the nomination-period?

No.

WD> I know that changing the rules of the game while the game has started
WD> already is "not done"

Indeed not done, so let's not do it.

WD> but I think the special situation this places on the FTSC deserves
WD> special attention.

I say it is time to face reality. From the 6 members that were elected last
year, one has dived under the rader only to emerge today. He should never have
been elected in the first place. Another one only comes crawling out of the
woodwork at election time. She never wrote a single line of documentation. The
third is a PITA that has been in the FTSC for ages, but never wrote a single
line of documentation either. The fourth... need I go on?

From the nine members that were elected two years ago, one has left Fidonet. He
told me in private that the circumstances of my resignation as FTSC chairman
were of influence. The eight members who's term expires next Wednesday could
easely have made some noise and gotten themselves re-elected. In fact half of
them could have nominated themselves. The other half could easely have found a
nominator. But they choose to not to make noise.

As regarding the prime task of the FTSC: documentating current practise:
nothing much has happened since you bullied me out of the FTSC chair.

I say the signal is clear. The FTSC is brain dead. Let's stop flogging a dead
horse. Time to face reality. Time to close shop.


Cheers, Michiel

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