Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 9/15/21 10:13 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 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 ?
> 

Same request. Is this the same script that gets used to determine candidate
eligibility before they get added to the ballot?

thanks,
-- Shuah