[gentoo-dev] Council 201006 elections

[gentoo-dev] Council 201006 elections

[Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto]

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Hello fellow developers and remaining community.

We've arrived at that time of the year again in which we elect a new
Council into office.
Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:

 * nominations: June 5th to 18th
 * voting: June 20th to July 3rd

 * election officials:
   - Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon)
   - Torsten Veller (tove)

 * infra contact:
    - Robin H. Johnson (robbat2)


There's one election official missing, so any interested party please
contact the officials for this election.

If you want to ask a question or share your thoughts, contact any of
the election officials. You can send them an e-mail (gentoo-elections at
gentoo dot org) or find them on Freenode (#gentoo-elections,
#gentoo-dev, and other channels).

For the elections team,


- -- 
Regards,

Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Council 201006 elections

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:46:50AM +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> the election officials. You can send them an e-mail
Correct address is (elections at gentoo dot org)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Council 201006 elections

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Monday, May 31, 2010 22:46:50 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:
> 
>  * nominations: June 5th to 18th
>  * voting: June 20th to July 3rd

funny, this isnt what the council page says at all
-mike

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Council 201006 elections

[Torsten Veller]

* Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>:
> On Monday, May 31, 2010 22:46:50 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:
> > 
> >  * nominations: June 5th to 18th
> >  * voting: June 20th to July 3rd
> 
> funny, this isnt what the council page says at all

| Nominations are allowed from July 1st 0000 UTC to July 31st 2359 UTC
| Voting is opened from August 1st 0000 UTC to August 31st 2359 UTC
|                                   (from <http://council.gentoo.org>)

The dates shifted because a former council didn't made its full term
due to the 50% attendance clause. "The 'one year' is then reset from
that point." [0]

The current council's term started in July 2009. So the next Council
should start in July 2010.


The length of the periods were shortened in 2008 [1] when we had the
early election and last year's election was run within 2+2 weeks too.



I think the council page should be fixed. Do you agree?


[0] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0039.html
[1] http://mid.gmane.org/4845954C.6070809@gentoo.org
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Regards Torsten

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Council 201006 elections

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 04:11:26 Torsten Veller wrote:
> * Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>:
> > On Monday, May 31, 2010 22:46:50 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > > Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:
> > >  * nominations: June 5th to 18th
> > >  * voting: June 20th to July 3rd
> > 
> > funny, this isnt what the council page says at all
> > 
> | Nominations are allowed from July 1st 0000 UTC to July 31st 2359 UTC
> | Voting is opened from August 1st 0000 UTC to August 31st 2359 UTC
> | 
> |                                   (from <http://council.gentoo.org>)
> 
> The dates shifted because a former council didn't made its full term
> due to the 50% attendance clause. "The 'one year' is then reset from
> that point." [0]

yes, that is fairly obvious, but my point was to highlight the existence of 
discrepancies rather than their background

> The length of the periods were shortened in 2008 [1] when we had the
> early election and last year's election was run within 2+2 weeks too.

as that e-mail notes, the shortened period was due to the forced re-run and 
getting back on track quickly rather than making it the norm.  personally i 
dont see what's wrong with running a full month considering the weight of the 
positions.
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Council 201006 elections

[Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto]

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On 02-06-2010 08:39, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 04:11:26 Torsten Veller wrote:
>> * Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>:
>>> On Monday, May 31, 2010 22:46:50 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
>>>> Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:
>>>>  * nominations: June 5th to 18th
>>>>  * voting: June 20th to July 3rd
>>>
>>> funny, this isnt what the council page says at all
>>>
>> | Nominations are allowed from July 1st 0000 UTC to July 31st 2359 UTC
>> | Voting is opened from August 1st 0000 UTC to August 31st 2359 UTC
>> | 
>> |                                   (from <http://council.gentoo.org>)
>>
>> The dates shifted because a former council didn't made its full term
>> due to the 50% attendance clause. "The 'one year' is then reset from
>> that point." [0]
> 
> yes, that is fairly obvious, but my point was to highlight the existence of 
> discrepancies rather than their background
> 
>> The length of the periods were shortened in 2008 [1] when we had the
>> early election and last year's election was run within 2+2 weeks too.
> 
> as that e-mail notes, the shortened period was due to the forced re-run and 
> getting back on track quickly rather than making it the norm.  personally i 
> dont see what's wrong with running a full month considering the weight of the 
> positions.

Mike,

ever since we started the 2 + 2 weeks elections, no one has complained
to the election officials about the shortened period. Furthermore, the
officials started tracking the ballots evolution and in the last 2 years
or so, the majority of votes were casted in the first days of an
election, followed by a week or so with hardly any votes and a small
number of votes casted just before the election was closed.
As a member of the elections team and an election official for most
(all?) of the elections in the past 3 years, I think that returning to
the 1 + 1 month election would be a waste of time.


> -mike

- -- 
Regards,

Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Council 201006 elections

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 07:46:40 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> On 02-06-2010 08:39, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 04:11:26 Torsten Veller wrote:
> >> * Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>:
> >>> On Monday, May 31, 2010 22:46:50 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> >>>> Here are the details for the Council 201006 elections:
> >>>>  * nominations: June 5th to 18th
> >>>>  * voting: June 20th to July 3rd
> >>> 
> >>> funny, this isnt what the council page says at all
> >>> 
> >> | Nominations are allowed from July 1st 0000 UTC to July 31st 2359 UTC
> >> | Voting is opened from August 1st 0000 UTC to August 31st 2359 UTC
> >> | 
> >> |                                   (from <http://council.gentoo.org>)
> >> 
> >> The dates shifted because a former council didn't made its full term
> >> due to the 50% attendance clause. "The 'one year' is then reset from
> >> that point." [0]
> > 
> > yes, that is fairly obvious, but my point was to highlight the existence
> > of discrepancies rather than their background
> > 
> >> The length of the periods were shortened in 2008 [1] when we had the
> >> early election and last year's election was run within 2+2 weeks too.
> > 
> > as that e-mail notes, the shortened period was due to the forced re-run
> > and getting back on track quickly rather than making it the norm. 
> > personally i dont see what's wrong with running a full month considering
> > the weight of the positions.
> 
> ever since we started the 2 + 2 weeks elections, no one has complained
> to the election officials about the shortened period.

conversely, no one complained about the longer period either

> Furthermore, the
> officials started tracking the ballots evolution and in the last 2 years
> or so, the majority of votes were casted in the first days of an
> election, followed by a week or so with hardly any votes and a small
> number of votes casted just before the election was closed.

data does help a position

> As a member of the elections team and an election official for most
> (all?) of the elections in the past 3 years, I think that returning to
> the 1 + 1 month election would be a waste of time.

still doesnt change the fact that the documentation on the website does not 
match what is occurring in practice
-mike

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