I asked Infra for such an app and we got a an instance running for us :) On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay, last email for now. Been chatting to Robert on IRC about how this > would work. Looks like there are multiple vote types. Guess we'd pick the > one that makes the most sense for choosing a new logo. (Note, this is the > tool we use for picking new Board members, new project Chairs, and so on.) > Also, there is a hosted version we can use internally. > > On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 at 16:23 Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oops, meant to link: http://steve.apache.org/ > > > > On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 at 16:08 Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Few days late to this, and I don't want to muddy the waters, especially > >> after the work to clear them was done by "set of people who are not me", > >> but... Apache has this cool Single Transferable Vote (STV) tool that we > >> could use for Step 2 of your plan there. > >> > >> Basically, it works like this: we load all of the options into the > system > >> once we're ready to vote, and then we send out a vote email to everyone > who > >> wishes to vote. Those people then log in, and arrange the logos in the > >> order that they prefer them. Once that's over, the system uses the STV > algo > >> to give us an ordered list of most prefered logos. > >> > >> I'm not sure if this would limit the vote to just committers or not. But > >> if this is something we think could work for this, we can check that out > >> and see what's involved in getting this set up for us. > >> > >> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 at 03:22 Johs Ensby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Joan, > >>> corrected my post on https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4547164 > < > >>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4547164> accordingly > >>> johs > >>> > >>> > On 24 Mar 2015, at 03:12, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Thanks, Johs. I proposed this approach during the weekly IRC meeting > >>> > last week, and the PMC members present agreed. We reviewed the > >>> discussion > >>> > on the PMC mailing list and Robert took the great action of writing > >>> > it up and formalising it for this list. > >>> > > >>> > Teamwork! > >>> > > >>> > -Joan > >>> > > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > From: "Johs Ensby" <[email protected]> > >>> > To: [email protected] > >>> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 7:54:48 PM > >>> > Subject: Re: [NOTICE] CouchDB logo process & decision > >>> > > >>> > Community is fantastic, especially with a healthy dose of leadership > >>> > Like this:) > >>> > johs > >>> > > >>> >> On 24 Mar 2015, at 00:20, Robert Kowalski < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Hi everyone, > >>> >> > >>> >> I would like to give you an update regarding the process for the new > >>> >> logo design. Sorry that it took so long and for the confusion, but > we > >>> >> finally found a way to decide on the logo and move forward regarding > >>> >> this topic. The process will have three steps: > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Step 1 - You can still submit proposals and we will also propose the > >>> >> old CouchDB logo as a possible candidate until April 5 > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Step 2 - We will then run a public vote for all committers on this > >>> >> mailing list ([email protected]) (see “Non-technical > >>> >> decision” in our bylaws [1]) by April 20. This vote will inform the > >>> >> decision made in Step 3. > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Step 3 - The PMC will vote on a final decision by May 18, which will > >>> >> take the public vote as significant input. The PMC can decide to go > >>> >> with the results of the public vote, or make its own choice. > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> [1] http://couchdb.apache.org/bylaws.html#types > >>> > > >>> > >>> >
