Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:39:43 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2021-09-15 at 10:36 -0400, Laura Abbott wrote: > 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.
You're welcome to my bulk email scripts I use for Plumbers. They *should* work with any SMTP server but, obviously, I've only tested them with my hansenpartnership.com one.
James
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