[infrastructure] voting

[Melanie Chernoff]

Hi Elizabeth,

Unfortunately, you are correct that the site requires people to log in using their Google/Yahoo/OpenID etc. The site is run by Ideascale (not OSFA). It is a free service.

It's true that some people will probably choose not to vote if they have to give their login.  But given the timeframe we needed to get this up (& lack of budget), we really didn't feel like we had another option.

thx,
mel


----- "Elizabeth Ziph" <elizabeth at linuxbox.com> wrote:

| Hi,
| 
| The statement is:
| 
|     "Login.
|     ideascale.com is asking for some information from your Google
|     Account. To see and approve the request, sign in. Learn more"
| 
| The instructions need to be a bit less opaque. Many folks will not 
| bother to follow the Learn more link nor tell us that that's why they
| 
| did not vote.
| 
| elizabeth
| 
| 
| Elizabeth Ziph wrote:
| > Hi,
| >
| > i just tried to vote and got to 
| > http://osfa.ideascale.com/a/rpxAuthentication.do
| >
| > The site requires information about me beyond email information and
| 
| > does not tell you what it will ask for but asks your permission to
| get 
| > the information anyway; if you say no, it will not let you vote.
| > I worry that folks will not vote if they have to give up personal 
| > information this way. This is too hard; like voice mail hell,  and
| we 
| > won't get people to come back if they get turned away at the gate to
| 
| > start with.  Will you test it and see if this is only me or if this
| is 
| > a general problem.
| > thanks
| > elizabeth
| >
| >
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Melanie Chernoff
Public Policy Manager
Red Hat, Inc.
(919) 754-4723