From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA99138CF8 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 23750E08D2; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B7A8E089E; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 2127) id 60CFA34085D; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF3A3407D7; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:25 +0000 (UTC) From: "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" To: gentoo-project cc: gentoo-dev-announce , Gentoo Elections Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2015 / 2016 election In-Reply-To: <558F397B.5060907@gentoo.org> Message-ID: References: <557B9A71.9030509@gentoo.org> <558F397B.5060907@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: d7667e7d-41c5-4d5c-92de-6d0c6bb2118f X-Archives-Hash: 743026cab221d57f5600af3d2ebe4b5f On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > On 13-06-2015 02:50, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > > Dear Gentoo community, > > the council election will open in a few minutes at 2014-06-28 00:00 UTC. > The election booth will remain open until 2014-07-12 00:00 UTC. > The election page for this election[1], made possible by the excellent > job of Alex Legler (a3li) that created the template for the election > pages, now contains all the information about the election. > > [1] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/2015 One small update, the election page was moved to a new location to reflect the election name and that we might have more than one council election per year. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201506 BTW, if any candidate wishes to present a manifesto, don't forget to reply to the election thread so that we can pick it up and add it to the election page. > Please let us know if you find any issues with the page or with the > election. > > The rules for the Council election as well as details on how to vote for > this election are available in the Council Elections Archives[2]. In any > case, here is the quick procedure on how to vote using votify: > > * If you're eligible to vote in this election, log in to > dev.gentoo.org > * Type votify --new council-201506 to create a new ballot file > * Edit .ballot-council-201506 file in your home directory and rank > the candidates > * Once you're finished, use votify --verify council-201506 command > to verify the validity of your ballot file > * If everything is okay, use votify --submit council-201506 to > submit your vote. Don't forget your vote doesn't count until you > submit it. > * If you run into problems, you can either work them out yourself > using votify --help or contact election officials and ask them for help > > The elections for the Council include the pseudo _reopen_nominations > candidate. If the pseudo-candidate '_reopen_nominations' appears in > 7th place or higher those candidates that rank above > '_reopen_nominations' will be the current council. A second period of > election will be opened for the remaining council seats. No third > period of election will be opened in the event '_repoen_nominations' > ranks higher than the candidates necessary to fill the council[3]. > > In case there's a need to fill a seat during the council term due to a > retirement, if no candidate ranked above the _reopen_nominations_ > candidate, a new election must be held to fill that seat. If > there were candidates ranked above the _reopen_nominations_ candidate, > it's up to the remaining council members to accept the next candidate in > order of voting or open an election to fill the open seat. > > [2] - https://gentoo-handbook.lugons.org/proj/en/elections/council/ > (use until we're able to migrate the archives page to the wiki) > [3] - > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20090212-summary.txt > >> Dear Gentoo Community, >> >> Nominations for the Gentoo Council 2015 / 2016 election have now started >> at 00:00 UTC 2015/06/13 (Saturday) and will remain open for the next two >> weeks until 23:59 UTC, 2015/06/26 (Friday). >> >> All nominations must be sent to the gentoo-project mailing list. If you >> were nominated and want to run, you have to accept your nomination on >> the same mailing list. >> >> Here are the rules: >> >> * Council elections generally happen once a year >> * The council is composed of seven elected members >> * Nominations are allowed from June 13th 00H00 UTC to June 26th >> 23H59 UTC >> * Only Gentoo developers may be nominated >> * Anyone can nominate (nominating yourself is OK) >> * Nominees must accept their nomination before voting begins >> * Voting is opened from June 28th 00H00 UTC to July 11th 23H59 UTC >> (there is one day of break between nominations and voting so the >> infra team has time to set up everything) >> * Only Gentoo developers may vote >> * The list of Gentoo Developers is based on active membership >> by June 12th, 2013 (the day before the election was opened) >> * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting >> * Results should be published around July 13th >> >> We're still working on the project pages, so the address for the page >> listing all nominations will be posted later. >> >> If you don't know what the Gentoo Council is, you can read about it on >> the project page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council >> >> If you want to ask a question or share your thoughts, contact any of >> the election officials through the alias (elections@g.o) or at >> IRC (Freenode #gentoo-elections). >> >> Officials: >> >> Chris Reffett (creffett) >> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) >> >> Infra Contact: >> Robin H. Johnson (robbat2) >> >> We're missing a 3rd election official, so if you don't plan to run for >> the election and are willing to help, please let us know. > > For the elections team, > >> For the elections team, >> >> - -- >> Regards, >> >> Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org >> Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng > >