Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2017 / 2018 election

[Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org>]

On 06/10/17 03:41, Raymond Jennings wrote:
> I would like to nominate:
> 
> Bonsaikitten

What an intriguing idea!

I shall have to accept this nomination.

> Soap
> Mgorny
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
> <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org <mailto:jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear Gentoo Community,
> 
>     Nominations for the Gentoo Council 2017 / 2018 election will start at
>     00:00 UTC 2017/06/10 (Saturday) and will remain open for the next two
>     weeks until the end of 2016/06/23 (Friday) (2016/06/24 00:00 UTC).
> 
>     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 10th 00:00 UTC to end of day
>     June 23th (June 24th 00:00 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 25th 00:00 UTC to end of day July 8th
>     (July 9th 00:00 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 9th, 2016 (the day before the election was opened)
>         * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting
>         * Results should be published around July 10th
> 
>     The election page for this election[1] will contain all pertinent
>     information regarding the election.
> 
>      [1] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201706
>     <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201706>
> 
>     If you don't know what the Gentoo Council is, you can read about it on
>     the project page[2].
> 
>      [2] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council
>     <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:
> 
>     Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto)
>     Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon)
> 
>     Infra Contact (to be confirmed):
>      Matthew Thode  (prometheanfire)
> 
>     We're missing a 3rd election official. If you'd like to help run the
>     election, please get in touch with the officials for this election.
> 
>     For the elections team,
> 
>     - --
>     Regards,
> 
>     Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
>     Gentoo- forums / ComRel / KDE / Elections / RelEng
> 
>