On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:02 AM Robie Basak <robie.ba...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:51:52PM +0100, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > > If you happen to activate the "wrong" email you'll just see: > > > > ``` > > Email address successfully activated. > > ``` > > > > But if you activate the right one (just as Robie said, usually the > > @ubuntu.com one) you'd in the Web UI of CIVS right after clicking > > "Complete activation" see this: > > > > ``` > > Email address successfully activated. > > Pending poll invitations: > > Ubuntu Developer Membership Board restaffing > > ``` > > > > The latter line is a link leading you to your vote. > > Thank you Christian for detailing this. Hopefully this has helped others > vote. > > So far the turnout is considerably lower than the previous election two > years ago. Last time there were 54/173 votes cast at the time the poll > closed. For the CIVS poll in progress I can't see who voted (or how) but > the control page does show me the count. So far we have 23/174. > > We've had a couple of hurdles: > > 1) This extra opt-in step means that the electorate no longer get the > poll request directly to their inbox. We're relying on them seeing the > ubuntu-devel-announce@ notifications, or subsequent traffic to > ubuntu-devel@. > > 2) Recently Gmail seems to have adjusted things which has caused > deliverability problems to @gmail.com addresses (and presumably other > addresses hosted by Google). IS has made some adjustments to try to > help, but it's unclear to me if they worked because overnight I received > ~373 "unsubscribe" notifications to ubuntu-devel-owner@ all at once, > predominantely relating to @gmail.com addresses. It seems likely to me > that these are a result of the deliverability problems. So it's not > clear to me that all of the electorate is actually even aware of the > election. Of course there are surely many more ubuntu-devel@ subscribers > than those eligible to vote, so the number of unsubscribes doesn't > actually mean anything. > > I'd appreciate feedback on how to proceed.
Where are the rules/policies written down about how elections should be handled? We should have the process written down somewhere so there is not ambiguity like this. > For example, together with > some specific action to draw the attention of the electorate, I could > extend the voting period if that would be considered helpful. > > On the other hand, it would be helpful to get the replacement DMB > members resolved as soon as possible. Perhaps the current vote count can > be considered enough to not make a big difference to the outcome, given > that there's no particular reason for bias in those that might not have > received the announcement? > > Robie > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
