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Using technology for voting really helps in situations where people are either geographically distant or there are too many people to reliably count without a g

Using technology for voting really helps in situations where people are either geographically distant or there are too many people to reliably count without a great deal of manpower. Since neither of those things seems to be the case here, this strongly feels like a situation where extra technology is being shoehorned into a domain it doesn't really need to be. > A member who is a self-described IT and security expert who works for a big company like PEPCO suggests that the website be migrated to Drupal or WP from Squarespace as the latter is cumbersome and the others have plug-ins that could be used for voting. I switched to SS b/c it’s stupid simple and the assoc wasn't contemplating electronic voting at the time. I fear changing platforms will just make it harder for no good reason. What is your relationship with the HOA? Are you just a member or are you a paid employee? Do you really need this headache in your life? Unless running IT for your HOA is your lifelong ambition, you might consider deferring control of this system to the gentleman who wants electronic voting and let him spend the time and effort implementing the nonsense he advocates.

susiecambria 4y ago
Ah, my relationship: I'm married to a board member. He's good at many things, tech is not one of them. I told him about Hacker News and blessed my reaching out :-) Seriously, my role was to ask for advice and then share it with him. He's going to share with other board members. When I developed the then-new website, I was board administrator, meaning I did all the mailings, kept the records (membership, posted on the website and in Drive), prepared board packets, etc. I also generated content for the website.
- pwg 4y ago
  > Unless running IT for your HOA is your lifelong ambition, you might consider deferring control of this system to the gentleman who wants electronic voting and let him spend the time and effort implementing the nonsense he advocates. I second the GP's comment I quoted above. There are a lot of folks who will push extremely hard for their "preferred solution" so long as "someone else is doing the work and putting in the time". But those same folks, when asked to put their own time up to build their "preferred solution" will very quickly disappear, never to be seen/heard from again.
  - logicalmonster 4y ago
    > But those same folks, when asked to put their own time up to build their "preferred solution" will very quickly disappear, never to be seen/heard from again. This could be a hilarious prank to spring. At the next meeting, in front of everybody, graciously thank him for volunteering to give his time and expertise to implement an electronic voting system to bring your HOA into the 24th century and present him with a small cake in appreciation and lead the crowd in a rousing round of "Hip hip, hooray" in his honor. He'll basically be forced to do this.

susiecambria 4y ago

Ah, my relationship: I'm married to a board member. He's good at many things, tech is not one of them. I told him about Hacker News and blessed my reaching out :-) Seriously, my role was to ask for advice and then share it with him. He's going to share with other board members. When I developed the then-new website, I was board administrator, meaning I did all the mailings, kept the records (membership, posted on the website and in Drive), prepared board packets, etc. I also generated content for the website.

pwg 4y ago
> Unless running IT for your HOA is your lifelong ambition, you might consider deferring control of this system to the gentleman who wants electronic voting and let him spend the time and effort implementing the nonsense he advocates. I second the GP's comment I quoted above. There are a lot of folks who will push extremely hard for their "preferred solution" so long as "someone else is doing the work and putting in the time". But those same folks, when asked to put their own time up to build their "preferred solution" will very quickly disappear, never to be seen/heard from again.
- logicalmonster 4y ago
  > But those same folks, when asked to put their own time up to build their "preferred solution" will very quickly disappear, never to be seen/heard from again. This could be a hilarious prank to spring. At the next meeting, in front of everybody, graciously thank him for volunteering to give his time and expertise to implement an electronic voting system to bring your HOA into the 24th century and present him with a small cake in appreciation and lead the crowd in a rousing round of "Hip hip, hooray" in his honor. He'll basically be forced to do this.