+1 makes sense and great timing. 

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 6:38:22 AM UTC+10, Tracy Miranda 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] <javascript:>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>

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