[Mesa-dev] 2019 Election Round 2 voting OPEN
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The round 2 of X.Org Foundation's annual election is now open and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 2 May 2019. Four of the eight director seats are open during this election, with the four nominees receiving the highest vote totals serving as directors for two year terms. There were six candidates nominated. For a complete list of the candidates and their personal statements, please visit the 2019 X.Org Elections page at https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2019/ The new bylaw changes were approved in the first round of voting. Here are some instructions on how to cast your vote: Login to the membership system at: https://members.x.org/ If you do not remember your password, you can click on the "lost password" button and enter your user name. An e-mail will be sent to you with your password. If you have problems with the membership system, please e-mail members...@x.org. When you login you will see an "Active Ballots" section with the "X.Org 2019 Elections Round 2" ballot. When you click on that you will be presented with a page describing the ballot. At the bottom you will find a number of dropdowns that let you rank your candidates by order of preference. For the election: There is a pull-down selection box for 1st choice, 2nd, choice, and so on. Pick your candidates top to bottom in order of preference, avoiding duplicates. After you have completed your ballot, click the "Cast vote" button. Note that once you click this button, your votes will be cast and you will not be able to make further changes, so please make sure you are satisfied with your votes before clicking the "Cast vote" button. After you click the "Vote" button, the system will verify that you have completed a valid ballot. If your ballot is invalid (e.g., you duplicated a selection or did not answer the By-laws approval question), it will return you to the previous voting page. If your ballot is valid, your votes will be recorded and the system will show you a notice that your votes were cast. Note that the election will close at 23:59 UTC on 2 May 2019. At that time, the election committee will count the votes and present the results to the current board for validation. After the current board validates the results, the election committee will present the results to the Members. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Elections Results... and a Redo
The turnout for the first election and the vote on the bylaw changes was 80% (56/70). Harry On 2019-04-11 8:03 p.m., Harry Wentland wrote: > To all X.Org Foundation Members: > > The 2019 X.Org ballot closed yesterday. There is some good and some bad news. > > The Good News: > The vote on the bylaw changes passed with 53 for, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. > > The Bad News: > Due to some issues with our new members website all votes for new board > members were recorded incorrectly. Thankfully this was fairly obvious. We > believe we've found the bug and have a fix for it: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/commit/15f27d45f1d9b1767377814835f2359f7f76c7e5 > > The Redo: > To assure you and us that we've completely fixed the issues with our > elections site we have decided to run a brief mock election where you can > vote for your favorite pastry. This will run until Monday Apr 15 noon UTC > after which we'll tally and publish the results and confirm whether we fixed > the issue. Please leave your vote at https://members.x.org/ballot/3/admin > > If this all looks good we will start the new election for board members a > week from today, on Apr 18, until May 2. > > You can expect another email from me early-to-mid next week to confirm the > start of the new election for board members. > > We received quite a few membership signups after the membership deadline. > We've decided to approve all currently pending signups. > > Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Round 2 Starting Thursday
To all X.Org Foundation Members: as per my last email the election for X.Org board members was invalid due to a bug with the voting systems. We apologize for this and the inconvenience caused to you all. The bug has been fixed and tested with a mock election (see results at the end). Round 2 of the election will therefore proceed starting Thursday, April 18, and close on Thursday May 2. Please take the time to vote. Updated Schedule: Nomination period Start: Jan 31 00:00 UTC Nomination period End: Feb 28 23:59 UTC Deadline of X.Org membership application or renewal: Mar 07 23:59 UTC Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate QA: Mar 11 Election Start: Mar 21 00:00 UTC - Delayed to March 21, again delayed to March 27 at 02:00 UTC Election End: Apr 4 23:59 UTC - Extended to April 11, 02:00 UTC Round 2 Election Start: Apr 18 00:00:00 UTC Round 2 Election End: May 2 23:59:00 UTC Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee --- Mock election results Ballot Statistics Turnout: 27.4% (23 / 84) Select: How much do you like pastries? Answer Votes 42 47.8% (11 / 23) A lot 34.8% (8 / 23) To death17.4% (4 / 23) Ranking: Rank the following lovely pastries! Option Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Rank 5 Rank 6 Final Score Apple strudel 13 4 2 1 1 2 113 Cinnamon Roll 3 7 3 1 2 7 79 Gâteau Basque 3 4 4 1 8 3 76 Beaver Tails3 1 4 8 3 4 73 Trdelník0 5 3 6 7 2 71 Runeberg's torte1 2 7 6 2 5 71 ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Elections Results... and a Redo
Correction on the link for the mock election. That should be https://members.x.org/ballot/3/vote, not /admin. It will also be linked from the members homepage and shown as the current ballot. Harry On 2019-04-11 8:03 p.m., Harry Wentland wrote: > To all X.Org Foundation Members: > > The 2019 X.Org ballot closed yesterday. There is some good and some bad news. > > The Good News: > The vote on the bylaw changes passed with 53 for, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. > > The Bad News: > Due to some issues with our new members website all votes for new board > members were recorded incorrectly. Thankfully this was fairly obvious. We > believe we've found the bug and have a fix for it: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/commit/15f27d45f1d9b1767377814835f2359f7f76c7e5 > > The Redo: > To assure you and us that we've completely fixed the issues with our > elections site we have decided to run a brief mock election where you can > vote for your favorite pastry. This will run until Monday Apr 15 noon UTC > after which we'll tally and publish the results and confirm whether we fixed > the issue. Please leave your vote at https://members.x.org/ballot/3/admin > > If this all looks good we will start the new election for board members a > week from today, on Apr 18, until May 2. > > You can expect another email from me early-to-mid next week to confirm the > start of the new election for board members. > > We received quite a few membership signups after the membership deadline. > We've decided to approve all currently pending signups. > > Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Elections Results... and a Redo
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The 2019 X.Org ballot closed yesterday. There is some good and some bad news. The Good News: The vote on the bylaw changes passed with 53 for, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. The Bad News: Due to some issues with our new members website all votes for new board members were recorded incorrectly. Thankfully this was fairly obvious. We believe we've found the bug and have a fix for it: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/commit/15f27d45f1d9b1767377814835f2359f7f76c7e5 The Redo: To assure you and us that we've completely fixed the issues with our elections site we have decided to run a brief mock election where you can vote for your favorite pastry. This will run until Monday Apr 15 noon UTC after which we'll tally and publish the results and confirm whether we fixed the issue. Please leave your vote at https://members.x.org/ballot/3/admin If this all looks good we will start the new election for board members a week from today, on Apr 18, until May 2. You can expect another email from me early-to-mid next week to confirm the start of the new election for board members. We received quite a few membership signups after the membership deadline. We've decided to approve all currently pending signups. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] Last week of voting for X.Org 2019 Election and By-laws approval
To all X.Org Foundation Members: We're currently halfway through our annual election at 71.4% turnout. If you haven't done so please login to https://members.x.org/, click on the Active ballot "X.Org 2019 Elections v2 and xorg+fdo merger" and leave your vote. In order to pass the proposed bylaw changes we'll need at least a 2/3 majority so we highly encourage each and everyone of you to vote. It only takes a couple of minutes. The election will close at 02:00 UTC on 11 April 2019. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 Election and By-laws approval voting OPEN
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The X.Org Foundation's annual election is now open and will remain open until 02:00 UTC on 11 April 2019. Four of the eight director seats are open during this election, with the four nominees receiving the highest vote totals serving as directors for two year terms. There were six candidates nominated. For a complete list of the candidates and their personal statements, please visit the 2019 X.Org Elections page at https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2019/ In addition to the board election, we are also voting on whether or not to approve of the new By-laws. Here are some instructions on how to cast your vote: Login to the membership system at: https://members.x.org/ If you do not remember your password, you can click on the "lost password" button and enter your user name. An e-mail will be sent to you with your password. If you have problems with the membership system, please e-mail members...@x.org. When you login you will see an "Active Ballots" section with the "X.Org 2019 Elections v2" ballot. When you click on that you will be presented with a page describing the ballot. At the bottom you will find a number of dropdowns that let you rank your candidates by order of preference, as well as a question on whether to accept the proposed By-laws changes. For the election: There is a pull-down selection box for 1st choice, 2nd, choice, and so on. Pick your candidates top to bottom in order of preference, avoiding duplicates. For the By-laws: If you approve of the new By-laws, select "yes" from the dropdown. If you do not approve of the new By-laws, select "no" from the dropdown. If you wish to abstain from this question, select "Abstain". There is a link to the new By-laws in the ballot description, as well as a link to the patch introducing the change. Note that answering this question is required for your vote to be validated. After you have completed your ballot, click the "Cast vote" button. Note that once you click this button, your votes will be cast and you will not be able to make further changes, so please make sure you are satisfied with your votes before clicking the "Cast vote" button. After you click the "Vote" button, the system will verify that you have completed a valid ballot. If your ballot is invalid (e.g., you duplicated a selection or did not answer the By-laws approval question), it will return you to the previous voting page. If your ballot is valid, your votes will be recorded and the system will show you a notice that your votes were cast. Note that the election will close at 02:00 UTC on 11 April 2019. At that time, the election committee will count the votes and present the results to the current board for validation. After the current board validates the results, the election committee will present the results to the Members. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Opening in 35 hours
To all X.Org Foundation Members: We've had some problems with the previous ballot (i.e. I didn't create it properly) that opened last Thursday. Apologies to the two people that already voted. We've re-created the ballot (v2). It will open on March 27 at 2am UTC and close on April 11 at 2am UTC. Updated Schedule: Nomination period Start: Jan 31 00:00 UTC Nomination period End: Feb 28 23:59 UTC Deadline of X.Org membership application or renewal: Mar 07 23:59 UTC Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate QA: Mar 11 Election Start: Mar 21 00:00 UTC - Delayed to March 21, again delayed to March 27 at 02:00 UTC Election End: Apr 4 23:59 UTC - Extended to April 11, 02:00 UTC I will send a reminder the day the polls open. I apologize for the many delays. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the proposed bylaw changes and the candidates. Details are at https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2019/ Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Delayed
To all X.Org Foundation Members: In order to give members more time to process the proposed changes to the bylaw the elections committee decided to delay the start of voting by one week. Updated Schedule: Nomination period Start: Jan 31 00:00 UTC Nomination period End: Feb 28 23:59 UTC Deadline of X.Org membership application or renewal: Mar 07 23:59 UTC Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate QA: Mar 11 Election Start: Mar 21 00:00 UTC Election End: Apr 4 23:59 UTC Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the proposed bylaw changes and the candidates. Details are at https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2019/ Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] Bylaw Changes Vote
To all X.Org Foundation Members: My previous emails about the 2019 X.Org elections failed to mention on important ballot items that we'd like to vote on, in addition to the new board members: the Bylaw change The updated Bylaws to be voted on can be found here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/bylaws/blob/bylaw-updates/bylaws.pdf The individual changes can be seen here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/bylaws/commit/06e7f04f79131df2c86e9cdfedc00aa1d1ec3f52 Please take a look. To give members more time to understand and discuss this the elections committee decided to move the election out by a week. Voting will start Mar 21. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Candidates
On 2019-03-14 4:40 p.m., Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 08:36:13PM +0000, Wentland, Harry wrote: >> On 2019-03-12 6:49 a.m., Luc Verhaegen wrote: >>> >>> Are these candidates the only thing we will be voting on? >>> >> >> You're right. The FDO question totally slipped me mind. >> >> We'll also be voting on the bylaw change I sent out sometime toward the end >> of last year to facilitate the marriage of fdo and x.org. >> >> I'll send out details shortly. > > Cool, thanks! > > This way members can actually review and perhaps discuss this instead of > being confrontend with this when voting for just candidates, without > preparation, which could've perhaps invalidated the result. > Definitely a big oversight on my part. Details are now on https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2019/ I'll bring this up at today's board meeting. Not sure if this warrants delaying start of voting but I'd consider extending the end date. Harry > Luc Verhaegen. > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Candidates
On 2019-03-12 6:49 a.m., Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 12:24:00AM +0000, Wentland, Harry wrote: >> To all X.Org Foundation Members: >> >> The election for the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors will begin on >> 14 March 2019. We have 6 candidates who are running for 4 seats. They >> are (in alphabetical order): > >> Attached below are the Personal Statements each candidate submitted >> for your consideration along with their Statements of Contribution >> that they submitted with the membership application. Please review >> each of the candidates' statements to help you decide whom to vote for >> during the upcoming election. >> >> If you have questions of the candidates, you should feel free to ask them >> here on the mailing list. >> >> The election committee will provide detailed instructions on how the voting >> system will work when the voting period begins. >> >> Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee > > Are these candidates the only thing we will be voting on? > You're right. The FDO question totally slipped me mind. We'll also be voting on the bylaw change I sent out sometime toward the end of last year to facilitate the marriage of fdo and x.org. I'll send out details shortly. Harry > Luc Verhaegen. > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Election Candidates
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The election for the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors will begin on 14 March 2019. We have 6 candidates who are running for 4 seats. They are (in alphabetical order): Samuel Iglesias Gonsálvez Arkadiusz Hiler Manasi Navare Lyude Paul Daniel Vetter Trevor Woerner Attached below are the Personal Statements each candidate submitted for your consideration along with their Statements of Contribution that they submitted with the membership application. Please review each of the candidates' statements to help you decide whom to vote for during the upcoming election. If you have questions of the candidates, you should feel free to ask them here on the mailing list. The election committee will provide detailed instructions on how the voting system will work when the voting period begins. Harry, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee # Nominees ## Samuel Iglesias Gonsálvez __Current Affiliation:__ Igalia __Personal Statement:__ I have been contributing to Mesa for 5 years, specifically to the Intel drivers for OpenGL and Vulkan. I was one of the organizers of XDC 2018 in A Coruña, Spain. If I am elected, I will use my experience on XDC 2018 to improve the organization of future XDC, help to spread X.Org technologies and help X.org project as much as possible. ## Arkadiusz Hiler __Current Affiliation:__ Intel __Personal Statement:__ My main interest is in quality and automated testing throughout the graphics stack. Especially helping the areas that are lagging behind: testing the kernel and KMS plumbing. I would like to focus on building open source testing toolbox so that anyone can mix and match bits of it to build their testing infrastructure. There are a lot of exotic setups and edge cases that are hard to exercise locally by developers due to lack of hardware. Automating those cases by software faking it or by granting access to the testing infrastructures benefits the whole community. It also a good way of lowering the bar for new contributors and enables refactoring with confidence. ## Manasi Navare __Current Affiliation:__ Intel __Statement of Contribution:__ I am a lead contributor to Intel's Open source graphics kernel driver i915 as well as to the Linux Kernel DRM subsystem. One of my most widely used contributions is the Display Port Compliance code in i915, DRM as well as in Xserver and IGT to make the entire graphics stack Display Port compliant and reward the end users with black screen free displays. Most recently I have been involved in upstreaming Display Stream Compression feature across DRM i915 to enable high resolutions like 5K@120. I also have commit rights to several upstream projects like drm-intel, drm-misc and Intel GPU Tools. __Personal Statement:__ I have been Linux Open Source contributor for last 4 years since I joined Intel's Open source technology center. I have presented several talks at Linux Graphics conferences like Embedded Linux Conference, XDC and FOSDEM on several graphics display features like Display Port compliance and Display Stream Compression. I have been already actively involved in IRC discussions with DRM and i915 maintainers to constantly provide any solution on display port questions and work on improving the kernel documentation and code quality. I have proactively started attending X.org board meetings on IRC to better understand working of X.org and at XDC 2018, I also volunteered in the Code of Conduct committee during the conference and I was the point of contact for this. I am also currently a mentor for the KMS project in Outreachy winter program and committed to mentor the Google summer of code program as well. If I get elected, I would like to contribute by helping organize the X.org foundation conferences, screening the papers and any help needed in terms of public relations, working with the sponsors or code of conduct on the day of the conference to make the events a huge success. I would also like to leverage my open source working knowledge on any technical help required for the X.org events. ## Lyude Paul __Current Affiliation:__ Red Hat __Personal Statement:__ One of the people who helped start Panfrost! Also a contributor to nouveau, i915, amdgpu, radeon, weston, Xorg, multiple X DDXs, libinput, the wayland protocol, various other non-graphics related bits in the kernel, and probably more! __Statement of Contribution:__ I originally found out about Linux through a rather unexpected place: an Ubuntu booth at an Anime convention. I was in awe of the beauty of the all-mighty Compiz workspace switching cube and ended up deciding to give it a shot on my own computer. I ended up loving Linux, and quickly found I couldn't go back to other operating systems. I also wanted to become involved, but didn't really know how to at first. After years of being a user throughout high school and the start of my college career, I ended up taking on the challenge of trying
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW
The nomination period is now closed. We'll announce nominees March 7. Note also that the membership deadline is March 7. If you haven't signed-up to be a member and would like to do so there's only 6 more days left. Harry On 2019-02-14 5:27 p.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: > Since we haven't seen an onslaught of nominations we've decided to extend the > nomination period for another two weeks. Please consider nominating yourself > or anyone else you think would be a suitable candidate. This is your chance > to help steer the future of X.Org and serve the community. > > Updated election schedule (if no further delays): > Jan 31 - nomination period begins > Feb 28 - extended nomination period ends > Mar 7 - publish candidates, membership deadline > Mar 14 - election period begins > Mar 28 - election period ends > > Harry > > On 2019-02-11 10:38 a.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: >> So far we've received a couple of nominations for four open spots. The >> official nomination period ends this Thursday. Please let us know if you'd >> like to nominate someone including yourself. >> >> Harry >> >> On 2019-01-31 5:08 p.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: >>> We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org >>> Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible >>> for election to the board. >>> >>> Nominations for the 2019 election are now open and will remain open until >>> 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. >>> >>> The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an >>> election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four >>> members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two >>> year terms. >>> >>> The directors who received two year terms starting in 2018 were Keith >>> Packard, Bryce Harrington, Eric Anholt, and Harry Wentland. They will >>> continue to serve until their term ends in 2020. Current directors whose >>> term expires in 2019 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and >>> Daniel Vetter. >>> >>> A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to >>> discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org >>> Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the >>> Board of Directors. >>> >>> A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is >>> qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at >>> elections at x.org. >>> >>> Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, >>> and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to >>> prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of >>> contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on >>> http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them >>> make their voting decisions. >>> >>> Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal >>> statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. >>> >>> The slate of candidates will be published 21 February 2019 and candidate >>> Q will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and >>> renewals is 21 February 2019. >>> >>> Cheers, Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org BoD >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members >>> Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members >>> Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members >>> >> ___ >> memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members >> Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members >> Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members >> > ___ > memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members > Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members > Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW
Since we haven't seen an onslaught of nominations we've decided to extend the nomination period for another two weeks. Please consider nominating yourself or anyone else you think would be a suitable candidate. This is your chance to help steer the future of X.Org and serve the community. Updated election schedule (if no further delays): Jan 31 - nomination period begins Feb 28 - extended nomination period ends Mar 7 - publish candidates, membership deadline Mar 14 - election period begins Mar 28 - election period ends Harry On 2019-02-11 10:38 a.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: > So far we've received a couple of nominations for four open spots. The > official nomination period ends this Thursday. Please let us know if you'd > like to nominate someone including yourself. > > Harry > > On 2019-01-31 5:08 p.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: >> We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org >> Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible for >> election to the board. >> >> Nominations for the 2019 election are now open and will remain open until >> 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. >> >> The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an >> election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four >> members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two >> year terms. >> >> The directors who received two year terms starting in 2018 were Keith >> Packard, Bryce Harrington, Eric Anholt, and Harry Wentland. They will >> continue to serve until their term ends in 2020. Current directors whose >> term expires in 2019 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and Daniel >> Vetter. >> >> A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to >> discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org >> Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the >> Board of Directors. >> >> A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is qualified. >> Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at elections at x.org. >> >> Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, >> and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to >> prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of >> contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on >> http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them make >> their voting decisions. >> >> Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal >> statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. >> >> The slate of candidates will be published 21 February 2019 and candidate Q >> will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals >> is 21 February 2019. >> >> Cheers, Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org BoD >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members >> Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members >> Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members >> > ___ > memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members > Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members > Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW
So far we've received a couple of nominations for four open spots. The official nomination period ends this Thursday. Please let us know if you'd like to nominate someone including yourself. Harry On 2019-01-31 5:08 p.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: > We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org > Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible for > election to the board. > > Nominations for the 2019 election are now open and will remain open until > 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. > > The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an > election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four > members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two > year terms. > > The directors who received two year terms starting in 2018 were Keith > Packard, Bryce Harrington, Eric Anholt, and Harry Wentland. They will > continue to serve until their term ends in 2020. Current directors whose term > expires in 2019 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and Daniel > Vetter. > > A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to > discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org > Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the > Board of Directors. > > A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is qualified. > Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at elections at x.org. > > Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, and > submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to > prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of > contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on > http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them make > their voting decisions. > > Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal > statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. > > The slate of candidates will be published 21 February 2019 and candidate Q > will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals > is 21 February 2019. > > Cheers, Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org BoD > > > > > ___ > memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members > Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members > Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW
We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible for election to the board. Nominations for the 2019 election are now open and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two year terms. The directors who received two year terms starting in 2018 were Keith Packard, Bryce Harrington, Eric Anholt, and Harry Wentland. They will continue to serve until their term ends in 2020. Current directors whose term expires in 2019 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and Daniel Vetter. A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the Board of Directors. A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at elections at x.org. Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions. Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. The slate of candidates will be published 21 February 2019 and candidate Q will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals is 21 February 2019. Cheers, Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org BoD ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Membership deadline for voting in the election
There have been a bunch of sign-ups without names which makes for a confusing list on https://members.x.org/members If you get chance please update your name and affiliation in your profile (username > Your Profile). Harry On 2019-01-24 9:42 a.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: > Note that you will have to re-register in the new system. Your previous > credentials won't work. > > Harry > > On 2019-01-24 8:42 a.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: >> The 2019 X.Org Foundation elections are rapidly approaching. We will be >> forwarding the nominating process to the membership shortly. Please find the >> election schedule below. >> >> Please note that only current members can vote in the upcoming election, and >> that the deadline for new memberships or renewals to vote in the upcoming >> election is 21 February 2019 at 23:59 UTC. >> >> If you are interested in joining the X.Org Foundation or in renewing your >> membership, please visit the membership system site at: >> https://members.x.org/ >> >> Note that this year the membership site got a complete overhaul. If you >> experience any problems please open a ticket here: >> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/issues/new?issue%5Bassignee_id%5D=%5Bmilestone_id%5D= >> >> Election Schedule: >> Jan 31 - nomination period begins >> Feb 14 - nomination period ends >> Feb 21 - publish candidates, membership deadline >> Feb 28 - election period begins >> Mar 14 - election period ends >> >> >> Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee >> >> >> ___ >> dri-devel mailing list >> dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel >> > ___ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Membership deadline for voting in the election
Note that you will have to re-register in the new system. Your previous credentials won't work. Harry On 2019-01-24 8:42 a.m., Wentland, Harry wrote: > The 2019 X.Org Foundation elections are rapidly approaching. We will be > forwarding the nominating process to the membership shortly. Please find the > election schedule below. > > Please note that only current members can vote in the upcoming election, and > that the deadline for new memberships or renewals to vote in the upcoming > election is 21 February 2019 at 23:59 UTC. > > If you are interested in joining the X.Org Foundation or in renewing your > membership, please visit the membership system site at: https://members.x.org/ > > Note that this year the membership site got a complete overhaul. If you > experience any problems please open a ticket here: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/issues/new?issue%5Bassignee_id%5D=%5Bmilestone_id%5D= > > Election Schedule: > Jan 31 - nomination period begins > Feb 14 - nomination period ends > Feb 21 - publish candidates, membership deadline > Feb 28 - election period begins > Mar 14 - election period ends > > > Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee > > > ___ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] 2019 X.Org Foundation Membership deadline for voting in the election
The 2019 X.Org Foundation elections are rapidly approaching. We will be forwarding the nominating process to the membership shortly. Please find the election schedule below. Please note that only current members can vote in the upcoming election, and that the deadline for new memberships or renewals to vote in the upcoming election is 21 February 2019 at 23:59 UTC. If you are interested in joining the X.Org Foundation or in renewing your membership, please visit the membership system site at: https://members.x.org/ Note that this year the membership site got a complete overhaul. If you experience any problems please open a ticket here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/xorg_membership/issues/new?issue%5Bassignee_id%5D=%5Bmilestone_id%5D= Election Schedule: Jan 31 - nomination period begins Feb 14 - nomination period ends Feb 21 - publish candidates, membership deadline Feb 28 - election period begins Mar 14 - election period ends Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
Re: [Mesa-dev] [RFC] Allow fd.o to join forces with X.Org
On 2018-10-26 7:22 a.m., Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM Daniel Stone wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 11:57, Daniel Vetter wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 10:13:51AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 02:37:25PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:05 PM Daniel Stone wrote: >> Yeah, I think it makes sense. Some things we do: >> - provide hosted network services for collaborative development, >> testing, and discussion, of open-source projects >> - administer, improve, and extend this suite of services as necessary >> - assist open-source projects in their use of these services >> - purchase, lease, or subscribe to, computing and networking >> infrastructure allowing these services to be run > > I fully agree that we should document all this. I don't think the > bylaws are the right place though, much better to put that into > policies that the board approves and which can be adapted as needed. > Imo bylaws should cover the high-level mission and procedural details, > as our "constitution", with the really high acceptance criteria of > 2/3rd of all members approving any changes. Some of the early > discussions tried to spell out a lot of the fd.o policies in bylaw > changes, but then we realized it's all there already. All the details > are much better served in policies enacted by the board, like we do > with everything else. > > As an example, let's look at XDC. Definitely one of the biggest things > the foundation does, with handling finances, travel sponsoring grants, > papers committee, and acquiring lots of sponsors. None of this is > spelled out in the bylaws, it's all in policies that the board > deliberates and approves. I think this same approach will also work > well for fd.o. > > And if members are unhappy with what the board does, they can fix in > the next election by throwing out the unwanted directors. yeah, fair call. though IMO in that case we can just reduce to \item Support free and open source projects through the freedesktop.org infrastructure. because my gripe is less with the fdo bit but more with defining what "project hosting" means, given that we use that term to exclude fdo projects from getting anything else. I think just dropping that bit is sufficient. >>> >>> Hm yeah, through the lens of "everything not explicitly listed isn't in >>> scope as X.org's purpose", leaving this out is probably clearest. And >>> under 2.4 (i) the board already has the duty to interpret what exactly >>> this means wrt membership eligibility. >>> >>> Harry, Daniel, what do you think? >> >> Yeah, that's fine. I didn't specifically want the enumerated list of >> what we do in the bylaws, just spelling it out for background as a >> handy reference I could point to later. I think maybe we could reduce >> it to something like: >> Administer, support, and improve the freedesktop.org hosting >> infrastructure to support the projects it hosts > > This feels a bit self-referential, not the best for the purpose of > what X.org does. If we do want to be a bit more specific we could do > something like with (i) and provide a list that the board can extend: > > \item Support free and open source projects through the freedesktop.org > infrastructure. This includes, but is not limited to: > Administering and providing > project hosting services. > I like this phrasing, but won't that bring us back to David Hutterer's point about defining what "project hosting services" means? Personally I think "project hosting" is quite clear and shouldn't need to be defined. Harry > That would make it clear that admins are in scope, and > everything else is up to the board. Similar to how drm, mesa, wayland > and X are explicitly in scope, and stuff like cros/android gfx stack > or libinput is up to the board to decide/clarify. > >> Gives us enough scope to grow in the future (e.g. we don't need a >> bylaws change to move from pure-git to GitLab), avoids the sticky >> question of what exactly fd.o hosts in the bylaws (e.g. if >> NetworkManager needs a new repo then we don't have to consult >> membership to add it), but is still pretty firmly limited in scope. >> >> Any of the above have my in-principle ack though, I think they're all >> reasonable colours for our lovely shed. > > Well, one more bikeshed from me! > > Cheers, Daniel > >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel > > > ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
