Dear Technical Board, The DMB have agreed to my proposal below. Please could you now consider approving it?
Thanks, Robie On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 08:18:38PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote: > Hi, > > The terms of three current DMB members will come to an end on > 2024-03-29, and the remaining four on 2024-06-16. > > Further to the DMB's meeting today, I propose the following: > > 1) Nobody else has volunteered so I will run the election (though if > someone else would like to do so instead, volunteers are still > welcome to step forward!). > > 2) I will combine the two elections to avoid having to run two DMB > elections a month apart. > > 3) To make that work, since the results are ranked, the top three ranked > candidates shall take their seats immediately, and the further four > shall take their seats on 2024-06-17. > > 4) We shall re-stagger the terms by giving the top three candidates a > (approximately) two year term, and the further four winning candidates a > one year term. We'll align the expiry dates a year apart by extending > the terms of the first batch as needed, so they'll end up being a little > over two years. (Rationale: better than reducing the terms of the second > batch to less than even a year and it makes sense to give the higher > ranked candidates the longer term). > > 5) We'll extend the terms of the existing DMB members until the election > is complete. If individual members wish to stand down, then we'll have > to run the board with a reduced number of members until the election is > complete. > > 6) If existing DMB members stand for election again (as I hope they > will!), it may happen that some or all of the top three ranked > candidates would end up with two seats at once. To avoid this > contradiction, if this situation does arise then we'll instead extend > the term of any affected expiring seats until 2024-06-17, assuming that > the incumbent agrees to serve on the board until then. If not, then the > elected candidate shall continue with only one seat, with a reduced > number on the DMB, until 2024-06-17. > > 7) Various specifics above are beyond the remit of the DMB to determine > and require TB approval. If the DMB agree to some or all of the above, > I'll then ask the TB on behalf of the DMB to approve. This is the > minimal effort resolution of the various issues that I think will work > fairly for everyone, but if you can think of a better way to do it, or > would prefer to defer some aspects for now, then please do speak up. > > Thanks, > > Robie > -- > technical-board mailing list > technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
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