Re: Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Wed Sep 15 2021 - 10:07:41 EST


Hi Laura,

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 09:58:32AM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 9/9/21 12:49, Laura Abbott wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Reminder that the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) annual
> > election will be held virtually during the 2021 Kernel Summit and Linux
> > Plumbers Conference. Voting will run from September 20th to September
> > 23rd 16:00 GMT-4 (US/Eastern). The voting criteria for the 2021 election
> > are:
> >
> > There exist three kernel commits in a mainline or stable released
> > kernel that both
> > - Have a commit date in the year 2020 or 2021
> > - Contain an e-mail address in one of the following tags or merged
> > tags (e.g. Reviewed-and-tested-by)
> > -- Signed-off-by
> > -- Tested-by
> > -- Reported-by
> > -- Reviewed-by
> > -- Acked-by
> >
> > If you have more than 50 commits that meet this requirement you will
> > receive a ballot automatically.
> >
> > If you have between 3 and 49 commits that meet this requirement please
> > e-mail tab-elections@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to request your ballot.
> > We strongly encourage everyone who meets this criteria to request a
> > ballot.
> >
> > We will be using Condorcet Internet Voting
> > Service (CIVS) https://civs1.civs.us/ . This is a voting service
> > focused on security and privacy. There are sample polls on the
> > website if you would like to see what a ballot will look like.
> >
> > If you have any questions please e-mail
> > tab-elections@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Laura
> >
> > P.S. Please also consider this another reminder to consider running for
> > the TAB as well
>
> Final reminder: please remember to request your ballot for the TAB
> elections. If you know others who are eligible please encourage
> them to request a ballot as well.

When are the ballots supposed to be sent ? It would be nice to avoid
requiring everybody to check whether they're below or above the 50
commits threshold manually :-)

--
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart