On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 05:01:55PM +0200, Daniel Holbach wrote: > > in the next two weeks (until 2016-04-26 12:00 UTC) all of you are member > of ~ubuntu-dev have time to send in your vote for the TB election. As > always, we're using CIVS for this process.
I had meant to send this email before the election started, but the best laid plans of mice and men, and all of that. In a TB meeting earlier this year[1], the current TB voted to reduce the number of non-sabdfl seats from 6 to 5. The rationale for this is to avoid deadlocked votes. One could argue that Mark exists as a permanent TB member to break deadlocks, but given that our governance structure is set up in a way that Mark has absolute veto (even if the TB were to vote N-0 against him), it seems more useful to have the TB functional and deadlock-free in Mark's absence, allowing him to veto as he sees necessary, but not have to be in the position of breaking tied votes. This decision would, I assume, have to be ratified by Mark and/or the CC, hence the recipients of this email. I propose that if this is acceptable to all involved, the current election continue as planned, but we just take the top 5 winners, not the top 6. ... Adam [1] http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2016/01/19/%23ubuntu-meeting-2.html#t17:16 -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
