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

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Laura,

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:07:13PM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 9/15/21 10:46, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:36:45AM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote:
> >> On 9/15/21 10:07, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>> 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.
> > 
> > Does it mean I should ask for a ballot after the 20th if I don't get
> > one, or request one *before* ? I meet the above criteria but haven't
> > received any ballot yet, so I was unsure whether I should ask or wait.
> 
> The intention was that if you were in the range of between 3-49 commits
> you would ask for a ballot now.

Would it be possible to share the script that you are using to check in
which category a developer is, to avoid the criteria being applied in
slightly different ways ?

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart