> On Sep 3, 2019, at 7:13 AM, Laura Abbott <la...@labbott.name> wrote: > > Hi, > > On behalf of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB), I'd like to > take this opportunity to announce the voting procedures for the 2019 TAB > elections. As was announced[1], this year we are moving to electronic voting. > > Everyone who is registered for kernel summit (co-located with Linux Plumbers > Conference in Lisbon this year) by September 8th 2019 is eligible to vote in > this year's TAB elections. This includes everyone registered for Plumbers and > Maintainers summit. All eligible voters will receive a link from > Condorcet Internet Voting Service (https://civs.cs.cornell.edu) by the > start of the first Plumbers session (September 9th 10am UTC+1). The voting > will run until September 11th at 10am UTC+1. > > The list of all candidates and their platform is available at the following > Google doc > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3_W1c-xJMx9o2PCnKiGt3vqs-mPh77yNO4GSqNipOQ/edit?usp=sharing > > We will also be hosting an open TAB session at Plumbers on Monday > September 9th at 18:30. A more detailed FAQ about voting procedures is > below. > > If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to > t...@lists.linux-foundation.org . > > Thanks, > Laura > > P.S. Please consider this a reminder to send in your TAB nominations! > > [1] > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2019-July/006582.html > > --- > > Q: Why are we making this change? > A: As explained in the previous announcement, > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2019-July/006582.html > In person voting has a number of limitations. We'd like to move to electronic > voting with the objective of giving more members of our community a voice in > the membership of the TAB > > Q: Who is eligible to vote? > A: All registered attendees of Plumbers and Kernel Maintainers Summit are > eligible. > > Q: If I am registered for Plumbers but not attending can I still vote? > A: We will be sending the e-mail to all registered attendees before confirming > they are present. > > Q: Can I register for Plumbers just to vote? > A: Plumbers is sold out this year. > > Q: Why bother with electronic voting if the voting pool is still conference > attendees? > A: The kernel philosophy is small incremental changes. Based on discussions > with the TAB, changing the voting method and widening the voting pool > simultaneously was too much for one year. The goal is to run the electronic > voting this year with the same voting pool and then discuss how voting will > work in subsequent years. > > Q: When does voting start? > A: E-mails with the voting link will be sent out before the start of the > first Plumbers session on Monday September 9th at 10am UTC+1 > > Q: When does voting end? > A: Voting ends on September 11th at 10am UTC+1 > > Q: What's the software used for voting? > A: We will be using the hosted version of the Condorcet Internet Voting > Service > (CIVS) at https://civs.cs.cornell.edu > > Q: Is this code open source? > A: Yes. The code is available under a BSD-like research license > > Q: How do I vote? > A: You will receive an e-mail by Monday September 9th at 10am UTC+1 with > a link to vote. > > Q: Is this method of voting secure? > A: Privacy and security is a focus of CIVS. See > https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/sec_priv.html for more information. > > Q: The website mentions ranked choice voting. What is this? > A: In ranked choice voting, you rank your preferred choices from most > to least liked. The theory is this results in a more accurate representation > of what the voter pool wants. This is a different method than we've used > for TAB elections in the past where you indicated your preferred $n out > of $m candidates. Because we are using the hosted version of CIVS, we did > not have the option to use our old method of voting. > > Q: The description mentions an 'election supervisor'. What is this role? > A: The election supervisor's role is to start and stop the poll, send > links to voters, and set various options for the poll. A single e-mail > address is used to e-mail the link to manage the election, after which > anyone with the link can manage the poll. > > Q: Who is the election supervisor for the TAB elections? > A: We have created a mailing list for election management. This mailing > list contains individuals from the kernel community who are not running > for the TAB this year, similar to in-person proctors from past years. > We are still working on getting the mailing list set up, the address will > be announced when it is ready. > > Q: What if I lose the e-mail before I vote? > A: Please e-mail the election list, address to be announced > > Q: What if I want to change my vote? > A: This is not possible, please make sure you've made your final choices > when you click submit. > > Q: What if I want to practice voting? > A: CIVS has a number of sample polls available. Feel free to vote in those > to see how the process works. > > Q: What if something unforeseen happens with electronic voting and we don't > end up with results? > A: We will arrange an in person vote similar to previous years. > > Q: What if I have questions not addressed here? > A: E-mail t...@lists.linuxfoundation.org for the current Technical Advisory > Board or the election list, address to be announced >
The mailing list for questions about elections is tab-electi...@lists.linuxfoundation.org
