vote: yes
-Doug On 3/6/20 5:22 PM, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: > // This is a call for votes from Members of the Governing Board. > // If you aren’t a Member of the Governing Board, please don’t vote. > > The annual nomination and voting process for At-Large Members of the > Governing Board is underway [1]. In order to satisfy the Bylaws, the > election of At-Large Members must be complete by 1 April [2]. The > present schedule meets that goal. > > Only OpenJDK Members [3] may vote in this election. Andrew Hughes has > suggested [4] that the voting period be delayed by one week, so that > votes on nominations of new OpenJDK Members that were prompted by the > announcement of the At-Large nomination period may complete prior to > the At-Large voting period. This would allow any new such OpenJDK > Members to participate in the At-Large vote. > > If we choose to delay the At-Large voting period then the term for > At-Large Members will, this year, start on 8 April rather than 1 April. > > To avoid this issue in future years we’ll start the At-Large nomination > period one week earlier, so that there’s a one-week gap between the end > of the nomination period and the start of the voting period. > > MOTION: Delay this year’s voting period for At-Large Members of the > Governing Board by one week, to start on Tuesday, 24 March. > > Votes by Governing Board Members on this motion are due in one week, by > 23:00 UTC on Friday, 13 March. This decision will be made by Simple > Majority [5]. Votes must be cast in the open by replying on this > mailing list. > > - Mark > > > [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2020-March/000281.html > [2] https://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#at-large-members > [3] https://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#openjdk-member > [4] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2020-March/005295.html > [5] https://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#simple-majority >