Tracy, I think this is a great thing. In looking at the election process I wonder if it would be good to have a meeting to discuss any confusion voters may have?
> On Sep 4, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Tracy Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As you may or may not know Jenkins project is run by a Governance Board with > support from a set of Officers. > > While a process has been set out for elections we are overdue an election. > With Jenkins moving from SPI to CDF > <https://jenkins.io/blog/2019/03/12/cdf-launch/> the timing is good to do > this. CD.Foundation is a multi-project foundation with corporate sponsors and > various oversight bodies. The nature of the foundation means we need to > ensure good channels for communications and a robust operating model. > > With that in mind I am proposing the following set of dates for running a new > elections. The election process will be bootstrapped by the existing board > and we will request CDF run and supervise the election using the The > Condorcet Internet voting system <https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/>. > > Please review the proposal below and links outlining the process for new > board and officer elections. > > 2019 Election Schedule > (Proposed): > 13 September, 2019: Nominations open. To nominate someone, send an email to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 4 October, 2019: Nominations close > 8 October, 2019: List of nominees posted to (mailing list) > 11 October, 2019: Nominees’ personal statements made available > 14 October, 2019: Voting begins > 27 October, 2019: Voting closes 5pm Pacific Time > 4 November, 2019: New representatives announced > For voting eligibility I propose we generally stick with the process outlined > in the Board Election Process > <https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Board+Election+Process> with the > following specific modifications: > > cut-off date for voter eligibility being September 1st 2019. > I would also like to propose that any Jenkins contributor who does not meet > the eligibility criteria but is a community contributor can also register to > vote by writing to the existing board of directors. (as I have been made > aware of a subset of contributors who potentially fall in this category) > > Please review the above and share your thoughts. Ideally we discuss now with > the goal of reaching consensus by the next governance meeting on August 11th > when we can finalize/ratify the proposal. > > If you are happy with the proposal I hope you will consider putting yourself > forward for one of the positions. > > Regards, > Tracy > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CACTaz6rerrEu%3D4qUEZWX2YaB55LrD8PWAtp70H%3D8Pn6fvswKPg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CACTaz6rerrEu%3D4qUEZWX2YaB55LrD8PWAtp70H%3D8Pn6fvswKPg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/6F9E3741-5BCF-4A49-8053-64AF0477C241%40gmail.com.
