On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:14 AM Dan Streetman <ddstr...@ieee.org> wrote: > > 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.
Also, I think we should probably remove ubuntu-devel-announce from this discussion? > > > 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
