Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

[Jonathan Corbet]

There were 960 eligible voters for the 2022 Linux Foundation Technical
Advisory Board election, of whom 267 cast ballots.  The results were:

1. Kees Cook
2. Christian Brauner
3. Jakub Kicinski
4. Dan Williams
5. Dave Hansen
---
6. Chris Mason
7. KP Singh

The top five candidates will serve two-year terms on the TAB.  Thanks to
all who participated in this years election; please reach out to
tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org if you have any questions.

jon

P.S. On a personal note: a special "thank you" to Chris Mason, who has
     led the TAB well for many years.

Re: [Tab-elections] Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

[Chris Mason]

On 9/15/22 8:44 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> There were 960 eligible voters for the 2022 Linux Foundation Technical
> Advisory Board election, of whom 267 cast ballots.  The results were:
> 
> 1. Kees Cook
> 2. Christian Brauner
> 3. Jakub Kicinski
> 4. Dan Williams
> 5. Dave Hansen
> ---
> 6. Chris Mason
> 7. KP Singh
> 
> The top five candidates will serve two-year terms on the TAB.  Thanks to
> all who participated in this years election; please reach out to
> tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org if you have any questions.

Thanks for running the elections this year, and also thanks to Laura 
Abbott for working through our transition to the fully online elections.

Congratulations to all the winners, I think the online process worked 
really well, and I don't miss carrying around the ballot scanner in my 
luggage at all.

> 
> jon
> 
> P.S. On a personal note: a special "thank you" to Chris Mason, who has
>       led the TAB well for many years.

Oh, it's my turn to thank this year's TAB for taking over the reins, and 
also everyone that has put up with me over the years.  I've learned a 
great deal from my time on the TAB, and I'm looking forward seeing you 
all on the lists and at future conferences.

-chris

Re: [Tab-elections] Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 9/15/22 10:09, Chris Mason wrote:
> On 9/15/22 8:44 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> There were 960 eligible voters for the 2022 Linux Foundation Technical
>> Advisory Board election, of whom 267 cast ballots.  The results were:
>>
>> 1. Kees Cook
>> 2. Christian Brauner
>> 3. Jakub Kicinski
>> 4. Dan Williams
>> 5. Dave Hansen
>> ---
>> 6. Chris Mason
>> 7. KP Singh
>>
>> The top five candidates will serve two-year terms on the TAB.  Thanks to
>> all who participated in this years election; please reach out to
>> tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org if you have any questions.
> 
> Thanks for running the elections this year, and also thanks to Laura 
> Abbott for working through our transition to the fully online elections.
> 
> Congratulations to all the winners, I think the online process worked 
> really well, and I don't miss carrying around the ballot scanner in my 
> luggage at all.

Hi,

I was wondering, as the voting is fully online now, does it have to
still overlap LPC exactly? For example I happened to miss the most
important e-mail from CIVS in my inbox during the conference, and while
I tried to login there by the activation code, I could only see there I
was invited to 2021 poll but didn't see the 2022 one (nor I can see it
there now; I assume the link from the CIVS mail would have worked, but
too late now).

Also, since it seems many of the nominations were last-minute [1] I only
saw two of them by Friday. So even if I didn't miss the CIVS e-mail, I
would have to read through the manifestos and rank the candidates
quickly during LPC, which wouldn't have been ideal.

So maybe the vote could be scheduler for the week before LPC? And then
both the new and old TAB members that happen to travel there could meet
there knowing the results already.

But maybe there are still other benefits to voting during LPC that I'm
not aware of, so this is just my suggestion. Thanks.

[1]
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/tech-board-discuss/2022-September/thread.html

>>
>> jon
>>
>> P.S. On a personal note: a special "thank you" to Chris Mason, who has
>>       led the TAB well for many years.
> 
> Oh, it's my turn to thank this year's TAB for taking over the reins, and 
> also everyone that has put up with me over the years.  I've learned a 
> great deal from my time on the TAB, and I'm looking forward seeing you 
> all on the lists and at future conferences.
> 
> -chris
> 
> 
> 

Re: [Tab-elections] Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

[Jonathan Corbet]

Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> writes:

> I was wondering, as the voting is fully online now, does it have to
> still overlap LPC exactly? For example I happened to miss the most
> important e-mail from CIVS in my inbox during the conference, and while
> I tried to login there by the activation code, I could only see there I
> was invited to 2021 poll but didn't see the 2022 one (nor I can see it
> there now; I assume the link from the CIVS mail would have worked, but
> too late now).
>
> Also, since it seems many of the nominations were last-minute [1] I only
> saw two of them by Friday. So even if I didn't miss the CIVS e-mail, I
> would have to read through the manifestos and rank the candidates
> quickly during LPC, which wouldn't have been ideal.
>
> So maybe the vote could be scheduler for the week before LPC? And then
> both the new and old TAB members that happen to travel there could meet
> there knowing the results already.

The current charter for the TAB ties the voting to the kernel summit; in
the move online we interpreted that as running during LPC, where what
remains of the kernel summit is held.

I don't think it has to be that way; it might be better to pick a time
of the year when things are relatively calm and just always do the
election then.  It would require a charter change, but that should be
doable.

Thanks,

jon

RE: [Tab-elections] Results from the 2022 LF TAB election

[Bird, Tim]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> 
> Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> writes:
> 
> > I was wondering, as the voting is fully online now, does it have to
> > still overlap LPC exactly? For example I happened to miss the most
> > important e-mail from CIVS in my inbox during the conference, and while
> > I tried to login there by the activation code, I could only see there I
> > was invited to 2021 poll but didn't see the 2022 one (nor I can see it
> > there now; I assume the link from the CIVS mail would have worked, but
> > too late now).
> >
> > Also, since it seems many of the nominations were last-minute [1] I only
> > saw two of them by Friday. So even if I didn't miss the CIVS e-mail, I
> > would have to read through the manifestos and rank the candidates
> > quickly during LPC, which wouldn't have been ideal.
> >
> > So maybe the vote could be scheduler for the week before LPC? And then
> > both the new and old TAB members that happen to travel there could meet
> > there knowing the results already.
> 
> The current charter for the TAB ties the voting to the kernel summit; in
> the move online we interpreted that as running during LPC, where what
> remains of the kernel summit is held.
> 
> I don't think it has to be that way; it might be better to pick a time
> of the year when things are relatively calm and just always do the
> election then.  It would require a charter change, but that should be
> doable.
> 

I'd be in favor of this.  When we did in-person elections in the past, it
was good to tie it to some neutral, Linux-focused event.  But now that
we allow voting at a distance, it seems like it would be good to decouple
the voting from an event.  I was always a little bothered by the fact that
the in-person voting gave nominees who were present a substantial advantage
over those who were, for some reason or another, not in attendance.

Also, can we set the deadline for close of nominations a little bit earlier, relative
to the voting.  I think it would be good to give people at least a week to consider
the candidates and do some research.

Just my 2 cents.
 -- Tim