Hi Will:
There is no evidence that those who are at the top,
have any inclination
whatsoever to be subject to vote. There are no votes for any board members,
nor any officers.
Actually P2PU is in the process of incorporating as a US-based
nonprofit and this nonprofit will surely have all the standard
features (board elections, transparent accounting, and so forth). At
present it is a young organisation, not even a legal entity. They've
followed the "try it and see what happens" model. Both the project's
leadership and the contributing volunteers deserve credit for that -
and the project funders, let's not forget!
Anyway, I personally see the current organisation as *very*
responsive, through a consensus model, and I think this will continue
to be an important part of their organisational culture in the
foreseeable future.
There is no path, nor even any possibility of any
person gaining any form of
power within P2PU outside of those who currently rule.
I think there is a specific form of power (or some other feature) that
you feel needs to exist within the organisation that doesn't, you (or
anyone) can bring it up in the community mailing list and get a
response. You can also contribute to the development process on
github, or volunteer to help out with the project in any other way.
If you're simply put off by P2PU's current lack of bureaucratic
structure, you can wait a bit and give them another try when they
become a more formal organisation.
Joe