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

[Laura Abbott <laura@labbott.name>]

On 9/15/21 10:07, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 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@lists.linuxfoundation.org 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@lists.linuxfoundation.org.
>>>
>>> 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 :-)
> 

The ballots will be sent sometime after Monday September 20th
9:00am GMT-4 (US/Eastern).

I did make an attempt to send e-mails to the > 50 commits individuals
but there is a chance my e-mail got eaten by spam filters or just
didn't get sent out. I discovered Google Apps' e-mail limits and
that you should not attempt to bcc too many people. This is something
I'd like to handle in a more automated fashion next year to make
it easier for both voters and those running the elections.

Thanks,
Laura