3 Apr
2026
3 Apr
'26
9:36 a.m.
The concern driving this proposal is that vote counts
create an
uncomfortable experience for applicants, effectively ranking accepted
members by how many people voted against them. That concern applies
equally whether the audience is the general public or fellow XSF
members: the applicant still ends up with a visible score attached to
their membership.
I can see a general argument for transparency to the membership
(accountability of the voting body, trust in the process) but I'm not
sure tallies specifically are what delivers that. Knowing that someone
received 30 yes and 5 no votes doesn't tell us much without knowing
who voted which way and why.
I agree that transparency in the voting process is important, and to me
the results belong to the transparency.
I am also wondering how we define "public" here. Is there an interest
outside of the XSF at the voting results?
if we want to show the results only to members then I assume we can lock
down access to XSF members only in certain sections of our Wiki.
It just becomes management overhead to sync the permissions after elections.
Alex