[python-users] [Fwd: [Europython-improve] Europython 2011 Election Results]

[Andi Albrecht]

Na dann, die besten Glückwünsche nach Italien und ich freue mich schon
auf eine PyConDE 2010! :)

2009/11/9 Andreas Schreiber <Andreas.Schreiber at dlr.de>:
> :(
>
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> Betreff:        [Europython-improve] Europython 2011 Election Results
> Datum:  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:29:41 +0100
> Von:    Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se>
> An:     europython-improve at python.org
>
>
>
> Well, the final talley is in, and Italy has beaten Germany.
>
> You can look at the list of who voted at:
> http://www2.openend.se/~lac/EP2011/Voterlist
>
> You were all good, and nobody voted twice.  There was one spoiled ballot,
> unless the affected party can manage to convice me that his mother
> really did name him NOME COGNOME. :-)  In which case I may have some
> harsh words for his mother. :-)
>
> Conclusions:
>
> 1.  The German Organisation is very deep.
>
> 2.  The Italian Organisation is even deeper.
>
> 3.  Indeed, I think that _both_ organisations are larger than the
>    current set of EuroPython volunteers.
>
> 4.  To my disappointment, I only counted 7 votes from past EuroPython
>    Organisers.  That's one tenth of the total votes cast, and a very
>    tiny fraction of the people who were eligible to vote.  Did you
>    guys all forget, or couldn't you make up your minds?
>
> 5.  I think that the Italians were worried that I might accuse them of
>    vote stuffing just because they got such a remarkable turnout. At
>    any rate, nearly 2/3rds of the Italian votes came with an
>    attached photograph, most wearing PyCON Italia staff tshirts,
>    and a note saying 'I worked on the website for PyCON Italia 3' or
>    'This is a picture of me working the registration desk at PyCON
>    Italia 3 (I'm the tall guy)' and so on and so forth outlining what
>    each had done in the past.
>
>    And as far as I am concerned, this worked out as a marvellous
>    strategy.  Given the poor turnout by former EuroPython organisers,
>    this did come down to a measure of 'how large is your organisation',
>    and with so many of the names on the list completely unknown to me,
>    I did wonder how many of these organisers actually would work, both
>    for their bids, and for Birmingham next summer.  The number of
>    Italian votes that came with photographs of them working + past
>    EuroPython Organisers who voted for Italy exceeded the German total
>    + past EuroPython Organisers who voted for Germany.
>
> 6. Now we have to figure out how to mobilise 40 some odd Italians who
>   have promised to help with Birmingham 2010.  Sounds like a challenge,
>   to me.
>
> Thank all of you for voting, and for all the work that went into making
> the proposals in the first place.  I only wish that we could hold
> EuroPython 2011 _both_ places.  And I strongly urge the Cologne organisers
> to hold a conference in Cologne sometime, anyway.  I'd really like to
> attend this one.
>
> Thank you all,
> mostly for being your most splendid selves,
> Laura
>
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