Hello Mozillians and friends of Thunderbird,
The next Thunderbird Council election is coming up. As in previous
years, people eligible to vote and to stand as candidates need to be on
an electoral roll. Contributors are eligible to be an elector if they
have contributed 10 or more hours per year of involvement in the
Thunderbird project. To illustrate this, if a contributor first became
involved three years ago then the expected contribution is at least 30
hours, if two years ago then at least 20 hours, and if one year ago or
less then at least 10 hours. Contributors may self-nominate, and on
request must submit examples that illustrate their level of involvement.
Contribution can be any of the following:
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triaging bugs;
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fixing, or reviewing code changes;
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providing support on SUMO or other forums;
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localizing Thunderbird, related websites, or extensions;
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testing, writing, or reviewing add-ons;
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furthering the Thunderbird cause by constructive contributions to
tb-planning; or public relations, including writing blog posts,
posting on social media, artwork, etc.
People working for Mozilla who dedicate time to Thunderbird are also
eligible.
This simple rule will spare us any complicated metric, such as “x number
of patches submitted”, “x bugs submitted” or “x SUMO comments written”,
etc. If we have missed a group of contributors, or if you are unsure if
your contribution qualifies, please reach out to the Council, or me
personally.
Since we already know the people who are dedicating time, their most
precious asset, to Thunderbird, we have prepared a preliminary electoral
roll based on previous years. This is available at
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Council_Elections_2019. Note that
new additions have the year they were added in parentheses after their
names, e.g. “(2019)”.
We ask voters who were previously added to the electoral roll to check
for themselves whether they still fulfill the criteria mentioned above
and inform us know if are no longer contributing to the Thunderbird
project at the required level.
To reiterate, people who are not on the preliminary electoral roll can
contact the Council or me and ask to be included, mentioning their
contribution. The idea is not to make it hard to be on the electoral roll.
In general, the election process will work as in past years, follow-up
emails will include more instructions on the exact timeline, but you
will have until Wednesday, February 20, 2019 to be added to the
electoral roll.
Thanks,
Patrick Cloke
Thunderbird Council member
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